Experience on clinical practice training for interventional therapy specialized nurses of Hu'nan Province: a qualitative research

Objective To explore the experience and needs on clinical practice training for interventional therapy specialized nurses of Hu'nan Province, so as to provide a reference for reasonably setting up the training practical courses for interventional therapy specialized nurses and a basis for further perfecting the system of interventional therapy specialized nurses training. Methods From 10th June to August 6th 2017, the semi-structured in-depth interview was used to 14 nurses attending the training for interventional therapy specialized nurses of Hu'nan Province by purposive sampling. The results were analyzed and themes were refined with the Colaizzi seven-step analysis. Results A total of five themes were refined in training experiences including that the practical ability of interventional therapy was improved, the time of clinical practice was too short, clinical rotating department was arranged unreasonably, quality of clinical teachers was uneven, the forms of clinical practice assessment needed to be standardized. Conclusions Interventional therapy specialized nurses training can improve trainees' quality of clinical practice. However, course offered should be adjusted based on trainees' actual situation and the model of interventional therapy specialized nurses training should be perfected so as to improve training effects. Key words: Interventional therapy; Specialized nurses; Clinical practice; Qualitative research