Table 8 Consultation result of the training course system of infectious disease specialist nurses’ core competence

I Professional Development Abilities

 I-1 The ability to do scientific researches on nursing

   I-1-1 How to select and design scientific researches on nursing (to master the principles of research topic selection and the basic principles of topic design)

   I-1-2 How to do literature retrieval and literature quality evaluation (to master Chinese and English language literature retrieval methods, literature management and literature quality evaluation)

   I-1-3 How to prepare questionnaire and select data (to master the principles of questionnaire preparation, methods of electronic questionnaire designing and data collection)

   -1-4 Medical statistics (to master the common medical statistical methods and the methods of filling in and drawing statistical charts so as to perform basic statistical analysis)

   I-1-5 How to write papers and submit papers for publication (to master the requirements and specifications of paper writing and to know the procedures of paper submission)

   I-1-6 How to apply research project and declare project achievement (to know the steps and procedures of research project and achievement declaration)

   I-1-7 How to cultivate scientific research literacy (to master the academic moral norms and medical scientific research ethics, and the methods to improve scientific research)

   I-1-8 How to solve clinical issues and apply patents to clinical practice (to know the existing clinical issues, be able to creatively solve the issues and apply patents to clinical practice in time)

 I-2 The ability of nursing administration

   I-2-1 How to supervise the nursing quality in infectious disease section under the model of responsibility system for nursing (to master the methods of nursing quality management)

   I-2-2 How to conduct refined nursing management (to master the methods of refined nursing and be able to carry out refined nursing according to the patient’s individual difference)

   I-2-3 How to carry out safety management for infectious disease patients (to master the methods and measures of safety management for infectious disease patients)

   I-2-4 How to manage nursing personnel in infectious disease section (to know the management requirements and methods of nursing personnel in infectious disease section)

   I-2-5 How to manage materials such as drugs, consumable items and instruments in infectious disease section (to know the requirements and methods of material management in infectious disease section)

   I-2-6 Procedure and management of clinical reception in fever clinic and enteric diseases clinic (to master the precautions and management of clinical reception for fever clinics and enteric diseases clinics)

   I-2-7 How to manage in operating room in infectious disease hospital or infectious disease department (to know the operating room management procedures and methods in infectious disease hospital or infectious disease department)

 I-3 The ability to conduct nursing education

   I-3-1 How to design classes and conduct teaching methodology (to master the principles and methods of nursing course design and know the different types of teaching methods, such as flipped class model)

   I-3-2 How to make multi-media teaching courseware (to master the techniques and methods of making multi-media courseware)

   I-3-3 How to carry out clinical teaching and practical teaching (to master the principles and requirements for clinical teaching and practical teaching)

   I-3-4 How to train nurses in general department under the circumstance of infectious disease emergencies (to master the content of process-oriented training for nurses in general department under the circumstance of infectious disease emergencies)

II Responsiveness to Infectious Diseases

 II-1 The ability of predicting epidemic and conducting emergency drills

   II-1-1 How to analyze key worldwide infectious diseases and epidemic trends (to know the distribution of the worldwide infectious diseases and their future trends)

   II-1-2 How to predict and recognize public health emergencies of the infectious diseases (to master how to predict and recognize the public health emergencies of the infectious diseases)

   II-1-3 How to compile emergency plan and drill for public health emergencies of the infectious diseases (to master the response plan for public health emergencies of infectious diseases and carry out emergency drill)

   II-1-4 Laws and regulations related to major infectious diseases (to know the laws and regulations related to major infectious diseases)

 II-2 The ability of responding to infectious disease epidemic

   II-2-1 How to respond to public health of the infectious diseases such as SARS, Ebola hemorrhagic fever and COVID-19 (to accumulate the nursing experiences of responding to major infectious disease events and draw lessons for future improvement)

III Nursing Abilities for Infectious Diseases

 III-1 The ability of disease nursing

   III-1-1 Introducing to infectious disease nursing (to get an overview on infectious disease nursing)

   III-1-2 Nursing care to infectious disease patients with common symptoms and signs (to master the nursing care to infectious disease patients with common symptoms and signs such as fever, rash, coughing, diarrhea, tic and convulsion)

   III-1-3 Commonly used drugs and nursing care in infectious disease department (to master the principles of dosage, route and method of common medication, observation of curative effect, and precaution of toxic and side effect)

    III-1-4 Nursing care to patients with the flu (to master the nursing care to influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H7N9, and Influenza A virus subtype H1N1)

   III-1-5 Nursing care to patients with rash (to know the nursing care to patients with chicken pox, herpes zoster, measles, rubella, scarlet fever, Epstein-Barr virus, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, scrubtyphus, tsutsugamushi disease, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and dengue fever)

   III-1-6 Nursing care to patients with liver diseases (to master the nursing care to patients with acute viral hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, hepatic encephalopathy, liver cancer, hepatic failure, upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and autoimmune liver disease, and patients after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and endoscopic esophageal varices ligation)

   III-1-7 Nursing care to patients with virus infectious diseases (to know the nursing care to patients with virus infectious diseases such as mumps, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, epidemic encephalitis B, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, rabies and Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome)

   III-1-8 Nursing care to patients with bacterial infectious diseases (to know the nursing care to patients with bacterial infectious diseases such as bacterial food poisoning, bacillary dysentery, tuberculosis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and brucellosis)

    III-1-9 Nursing care to patients with infectious diseases of protozoa and helminths (to know the nursing care to patients with infectious diseases of protozoa and helminths such as kala-azar, ancylostomiasis, amoebiasis and etc.)

    III-1-10 Nursing care to patients with multiple resistant bacteria (to understand the nursing care to patients with multiple resistant bacteria)

   III-1-11 Treatment to septic shock patients (to master the symptoms and signs of septic shock patients, emergency measures, nursing measures and apply the measures in a flexible manner)

    III-1-12 Nursing care to infectious disease patients during peri-operative period (to master the nursing procedures, complication prevention and precaution for infectious disease patients during peri-operative period)

   III-1-13 Application of clinical pathway in the nursing care for infectious disease patients (to know the common clinical nursing pathway in infectious disease nursing)

 III-2 Common diagnosis and treatment techniques in infectious disease department

   III-2-1 How to collect different specimen from infectious disease patients and transport blood culture specimen (to master methods of specimen collection and precautions of specimen transport, to master the indications, operational approaches and precautions of blood culture from infectious disease patients)

   III-2-2 How to nurse infectious disease patients after paracentesis (to master the nursing techniques for infectious disease patients after liver biopsy, abdominocentesis, lunbar puncture and arterial cannulation)

   III-2-3 How to apply blood purification technology (dialysis or other forms of renal replacement therapy) in infectious disease patients nursing (to master the operational principles and nursing key points of blood purification in infectious disease patients)

   III-2-4 How to deal with endoscopic hemostasis for infectious disease patients (to master the nursing care of endoscopic hemostasis and precautions after operation)

   III-2-5 How to apply respirators among infectious disease patients and nurse artificial airway (to master the usage of respirators, artificial airway nursing and precautions)

   III-2-6 How to nurse infectious diseases patients after compression hemostasis placed with Sengstaken-Blakemore tube (to master the indications of compression hemostasis placed with Sengstaken-Blakemore tube, the nursing interventions, prevention and treatment for complications)

   III-2-7 Standard use of instruments such as infusion pump, injection pump, temperature control blanket and air disinfector in infectious disease section (to master the using steps and precautions of infusion pump, injection pump, temperature control blanket and air disinfector in infectious disease section)

 III-3 Critical thinking ability

   III-3-1 How to apply critical thinking in infectious disease nursing (to master the application of critical thinking in infectious disease nursing)

   III-3-2 How to apply evidence-based nursing in infectious disease nursing (to understand the application of evidence-based nursing in guiding infectious disease practices)

IV Professionalism and Humanistic Accomplishment

 IV-1 Professionalism

   IV-1-1 How to plan the career (to know nurses’ career planning)

    IV-1-2 How to adjust and cope with vocational stress in infectious disease nursing (to understand the sources of occupational stress in infectious disease nursing work, and master the methods of psychological regulation and stress adjustment)

    IV-1-3 Nurse-patient communication skills (to master the nurse-patient communication skills and principles, and the measures to deal with nurse-patient disputes)

   IV-1-4 Nursing and corresponding laws (to understand the relevant legal knowledge in the infectious disease nursing)

 IV-2 Humanistic care

    IV-2-1 Psychological characteristics of infectious disease patients (to know the infectious disease patients’ negative emotion such as self-abasement and anxiety and their psychological characteristics)

    IV-2-2 Psychological nursing of infectious disease patients (to master the methods of positive psychological nursing and narrative nursing so as to provide psychological nursing to infectious disease patients)

   IV-2-3 Humanistic care in nursing (to master the mode and method of humanistic care in nursing and application of narrative nursing)

   IV-2-4 Health education and health promotion (to master the methods of health education and health promotion so as to carry out health education among infectious disease patients and the public)

   IV-2-5 Application of hospice care among infectious disease patients and their families (to know the application of hospice care among infectious disease patients and their families)

V Infection Prevention and Control Abilities

 V-1 Disinfection and Quarantine

   V-1-1 How to prevent and control infection in infectious disease section (to master infection prevention and control methods in infectious disease section)

   V-1-2 How to disinfect the environment and instrument in infectious disease section (to master the purpose and types of disinfection, the common disinfection methods and disposal of special infectious disease pollutants)

   V-1-3 Isolation management of infectious diseases (to master the isolation requirements, principles and management system and commonly used isolation technologies)

   V-1-4 How to transport infectious disease patients (to master the methods and protective measures of transport, and the terminal disinfection after transportation)

   V-1-5 How to conduct hand hygiene (to master disinfection approaches of hand hygiene, indications for hand washing, monitoring and requirements of hand hygiene)

   V-1-6 How to deal with medical waste (to master the key points of medical waste classification and collection, transport and temporary storage management in infectious disease section)

   V-1-7 How to monitor and report healthcare-associated infections in hospitals (to master the monitoring scope, reporting, time and process of infectious disease cases in the hospital)

 V-2 Occupational protection

   V-2-1 How to respond to occupational exposure to infectious diseases and corresponding treatment (to know the classification and prevention of vocational exposure to infectious diseases, the evaluation, response and treatment process after vocational exposure to infectious diseases)

    V-2-2 Standard prevention and different types of prevention (to master the basic characteristics, categories and main measures of standard prevention and different types of prevention)

   V-2-3 Management and protection requirements for severe infectious disease section (to know the setting of severe infectious disease section, personnel and material flow, prevention principles and measures)

   V-2-4 Put-on and removal procedures of the medical protective equipment and choose the right personal protective equipment based on a risk analysis on a case-by-case basis (to master the selection of medical protective equipment under different protection levels and correct put-on and removal procedures of protective equipment)