Abstract: Objective: To describe the teaching ability, nursing information ability and evidence-based practice ability and explore their relationship, and to to provide reference for improving the teaching ability of clinical nursing teachers. Methods: By convenience sampling, a total of 740 clinical nursing teachers with undergraduate teaching experience were selected from 15 tertiary hospitals in 5 cities of Guangdong province from October 2022 to March 2024. A survey was conducted by the general data questionnaire, the Nursing Information Competence Scale, the Chinese version of the Evidence-Based Practical Competence Assessment Scale and the Teaching Competence Questionnaire, and the data was analyzed by Person correlation analysis and structural equation model. Results: The average scores of nursing information ability, evidence-based practice ability and teaching ability of clinical nursing teachers were 3.60±0.55, 3.16±0.74, 3.05±0.58, respectively. Nursing information ability had a direct effect on teaching ability (β=0.368, P<0.05), evidence-based practice ability had a direct effect on teaching ability (β=0.590, P<0.05), and nursing information ability indirectly affect teaching ability through evidence-based practice ability (β=0.238, P<0.05). Conclusion: The nursing information ability and evidence-based practice ability of clinical nursing teachers are at a medium level. The nursing information ability and evidence-based practice ability for clinical nursing teachers are suggested to be improved, so as to improve their teaching ability.

Key words: clinical nursing teachers; teaching ability; evidence-based practice ability; nursing information capability