Nursing students' perceptions of their verbal and social interaction skills in Sweden and China during their fifirst semester

Nursing education has basically two different components of knowledge: the theoretical and the practical. These need to be integrated into nursing education so that theoretical knowledge is applied correctly in each unique encounter with a patient and that patients are the core of the curriculum. These two main components are intended to improve students' ability to interact with patients in a professional manner and provide care based on the needs of individual patients. The focus on nurse-patient interactions and how nursing students can develop their interpersonal communication skills in their nursing education is under rapid development and may develop in different ways around the world. Here, Lindqvist et al compare nursing education programs in Sweden and China and examines how students perceive the importance and frequency of nursing interactions.