Open AccessEffectiveness of a nursing innovation workshop at enhancing nurses’ innovation abilities: A quasi‐experimental study
Author(s) -
Gao Limei,
Lu Qiaocong,
Hou Xiangchuan,
Ou Jiefen,
Wang Mingzhu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1080
Subject(s) - wilcoxon signed rank test , confidence interval , nursing , statistical significance , medicine , intervention (counseling) , research design , psychology , mann–whitney u test , social science , sociology
Aim To investigate the effectiveness of nursing innovation workshop in enhancing clinical nurses’ innovation ability and research ability in a tertiary hospital. Design A quasi‐experimental study design. Methods Thirty‐seven recruited nurses participated in a nursing innovation workshop for half a year in a tertiary hospital in Guangdong between June 2019 and March 2020. Questionnaire data on the nurses’ self‐rated innovation and research abilities were collected before the training and 3 months after completing the training. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to analyse differences within the group before and after the intervention. The level for statistical significance was set at p ≤ .05 (two‐tailed). Results Nurses’ self‐rated innovation ability ( p < .001, 95% confidence interval 12.79 to 15.05) and research ability ( p < .001, 95% confidence interval 14.39 to 19.09) improved significantly after the training. Since the whole design lacked a control group, the study needs to be further verified in more hospitals and among more nurses.