Wound dressing is a skill which must be able to be performed by all nurses. If the practical ability of a nurse is weak, it will affect the quality of patient care. The objective of this research is to study the effectiveness of the latex wound model for wound dressing training on wound dressing skills of the nursing student. The latex wound model is a device used in practice which is made from rubber. The samples are the 60 second-year nursing students. Simple random sampling was applied in the selection of samples to be an experimental group and a control group for 30 persons per group. The latex wound model was provided to the experimental group for wound dressing skill training at the dormitory for a seven day period. A personal data questionnaire, wet dressing skill evaluation form, and dry dressing skill evaluation form were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and Mann-Whitney U Test. The results indicated that: 1) the mean score of wet dressing skill and dry dressing skill after the intervention were significantly higher than before the intervention (p < .05); 2) the mean score of wet dressing skill and dry dressing skill of the experimental group were higher than that of the control group, who was given the explanation of research procedures and the use of latex wound model, at statistical significance (p < .05). The findings imply that the use of the latex wound model for wound dressing training could enhance the wound dressing practical skill of the nursing students.

A model is an essential instrument for the practical training of nursing students before field training in the ward, and an aid which creates skill and confidence for the students. The objective of this research is to develop a latex wound model for the wound dressing training of nursing students. Three research procedures are 1) to study documents and data relating to the development of latex wound models, 2) to construct the latex wound models and the research instruments, and 3) to try out the latex wound models, and evaluate the latex wound models efficiency.  Participants are the 60 second-year nursing students. A wet dressing type latex wound model efficiency evaluation form and a dry dressing type latex wound model efficiency evaluation form were used for data collection. A reliability of 0.884 and 0.889 was acquired. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The finding of the studying results indicated that the mean scores of efficiency of both invented wet dressing type and dry dressing type latex wound model were higher than that of the original wound model of the Faculty of Nursing at statistical significance (p < .05). The finding indicated that the latex wound model had higher quality than those of the original wound model. Also, it helps the Faculty of Nursing save budget on purchasing expensive models.