Abstract: The training path of professional skills for nursing students is put forward, and the factors which influence the improvement of professional skills are investigated in this paper. The selected nursing students are the research object who have been trained vocationally for six months and accepted the questionnaire investigation to find the influencing factors of professional skills and to provide the foundation for effective training path for nursing students in the process of vocational skill training. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the scores of theoretical knowledge and skills between the two groups before training. The scores of theoretical knowledge and operation skills of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group after vocational skills training, and there was significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). Univariate analysis showed that the dimensions of role transformation, professional knowledge cognition and patience of nursing students in the experimental group were not affected by obstacles, while those in the control group were more affected by obstacles. The results of single factor Pearson correlation test indicated that the dimensions of role transformation, professional knowledge cognition and patience were significantly correlated with nursing students' professional skills training, and the R value showed a very strong correlation (r=0.967, r=0.942, r=0.911), P<0.05, with statistical significance. Nursing students' vocational skills training path can improve their theoretical knowledge and operational skills. In the process of vocational skills training, we should pay more attention to the influencing factors such as role change, professional knowledge cognition and patience, and formulate a more reasonable and effective vocational skills training path.

Key words: nursing students, vocational skills, influencing factors