A Nursing Innovation Workshop to Improve Clinical Nurses' Innovation Ability: a Quasi-experimental Study

Abstract

Background: Currently, the innovation ability of nurses in China is at a medium to low level. Most studies focus on nurses' innovation ability and its influencing factors, while few interventional studies consider how to improve nurses' innovation ability. The aim of the study is to explore the effects of nursing innovation workshops in improving clinical nurses' innovation ability.Methods: This Quasi-experimental study was conducted in a tertiary hospital of Guangdong. Thirty-seven recruited nurses participated in a nursing innovation workshop for half a year. Questionnaire data were collected on nurses’ self-rated innovation ability and research ability before the training and 3 months after finishing the training.Results: Nurses’ self-rated innovation ability and research ability improved significantly after the training (P < 0.001).Conclusions: A nursing innovation workshop is an effective and feasible teaching method that can promote the generation of innovative thinking and improve the innovative ability of nurses.