Abstract:
Objective
In order to meet the demands for higher vocational nursing talents in the field of modern health of our country, the PBL method was adopted in teaching child health care of community nursing, aiming to explore more suitable methods of teaching higher vocational nursing.
Methods
The students of grade 2015 in Sichuan Nursing Vocational College majoring in nursing were included as the study subjects. A total of 123 students of two classes were chosen by cluster randomized sampling, and they were divided into two groups, 62 in control group and 61 in observation group.PBL method was adopted for observation group and traditional teaching method was used in control group. The selfdesigned PBL quality assessment scale for higher vocational nursing was used to evaluate the learning interests, the interpersonal communication ability, teamwork ability and humanistic care ability of the students.
Results
The scores of observation group was higher than those of the control group in learning interests, interpersonal communication in nursing and teamwork, and there was statistical difference(P<0.05);there was no statistical difference in the score of humanistic care ability in nursing between the two groups(P>0.05).
Conclusion
PBL teaching method improve the quality of students majoring in nursing in higher vocational colleges, and it should be further promoted.

Key words: PBL;Application, Higher vocational nursing, Children's health care