To explore the effects of assessment system based on key points in clinical skills training among nursing interns.

Nursing interns of the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University were selected as study subjects from January to December 2016 by the method of convenience sampling. They were divided into experimental group (n=50, practice started from January 2016) and control group (n=50, practice started from June 2016) according to the order of internship. Students in control group adopted the conventional skill training and assessment, while students in experimental group received the assessment system based on key points. Critical thinking skills of nursing interns of both groups were compared with the critical thinking disposition inventory (CTDI) .

After training, the total score of CTDI of students (299.82±26.95) in experimental group was higher than that (283.41±24.24) in control group with a significant difference (t=3.201, P=0.002) . The scores of 7 dimensions in CTDI were (41.18±4.12) , (40.27±3.16) , (46.10±2.00) , (40.11±5.31) , (42.97±5.05) , (43.96±3.88) , (45.23±3.08) significantly higher than those in control group[ (39.62±3.09) , (38.62±4.15) , (42.04±2.95) , (37.92±3.65) , (39.50±3.57) , (41.82±5.17) , (43.51±2.64) ] (t=2.142, 2.237, 8.074, 2.402, 3.967, 2.341, 2.981; P<0.05) .

The assessment system based on key points can effectively improve the critical thinking skills of nursing interns. It is worth to be used widely.

Nursing care; Intern; Key point; Clinical skill; Critical thinking