Li Yao is a currently lecturer of  Ningxia Medical University. She has been awarded Youth Science and Technology Talent Support Program. She is a member of the Expert Panel of the Cardiovascular Nursing Committee of the Chinese Nursing Association, and a member of the Cardiovascular Nursing Professional Committee of the Ningxia Nursing Association. She has long been engaged in research on chronic illness nursing and has been committed to construct a predictive model for nursing dependence in elderly patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which provides a scientific basis for nursing dependence interventions in clinical practice. In addition, she has contributed to the management of cardiovascular diseases in the elderly through a series of related studies. Li Yao has published more than 20 academic papers and spoken at more than 2 academic conferences at home and abroad, and has independently undertaken 6 research projects funded by funds at home and abroad. She has been a reviewer for Modern Clinical Nursing. She has been invited to give academic lectures at the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University. She has close research collaborations with People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

2008.09-2011.06       Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, M.S. in Nursing

2001.09-2006.06       Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, B.M. in Nursing

2018        Youth Science and Technology Talent Support Program of Ningxia

06/2025-present  Construction and Effect Evaluation of Virtual Simulation Nursing Practice Teaching Mode for Cardiology Based on ADDIE. Research Project on Educational and Teaching Reform at the University level of Ningxia Medical University. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB: 10,000.

08/2024-present  Construction and intervention study of symptom cluster management program for patients with heart failure during hospitalization and vulnerable period.The First-Class Discipline Incubation Project of the School of Nursing, Ningxia Medical University. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB: 50,000.

07/2023-07/2025  Research on the Development Trajectory and Prediction Model Construction of Nursing Dependency in Elderly Patients after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.Ningxia Natural Science Foundation. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB: 100,000.

07/2019-12/2021   Implementation and Evaluation of a Discharge Planning Nursing Program for Elderly Patients Undergoing Coronary Stent Implantation.Key Research and Development Program Projects of the Science and Technology Department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB: 90,000.

Yao, L., Wu, F., Mu, H., Wang, X., Liu, J., & Lu, H. (2024). Mediating effect of health literacy on social support and self-care ability in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary stent implantation. Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 14(5), 821–831.

Wang, R., Bi, M., Jia, W., Ma, J., & ^*Yao, L. (2025). Parallel Mediating Roles of Social Support and Self-Efficacy in the Relationship Between Frailty and Depression in Elderly Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal of clinical nursing, 34(9), 3684–3692.

Yao L, Jiang T. (2025). Effect of nurse-led discharge planning on elderly patients after percutaneous coronary intervention [in Chinese]. Gansu Medicine, 44(01), 84-87.

Yao L, Wang R, Jia W. (2024). Construction of a clinical practice training program for elderly nursing graduate students based on rehabilitation nursing techniques [in Chinese]. Contemporary Nurse, 31(32), 154-160.

Yao L, Ma H, Zhang KN. (2024). Analysis of frailty status and its influencing factors in elderly patients undergoing coronary stent implantation [in Chinese]. Contemporary Nurse, 31(17), 127-131.

Yao L, Jiang T, Bi M. (2024). Development of a discharge planning nursing program for elderly patients after percutaneous coronary intervention [in Chinese]. Gansu Medicine, 43(1), 67-71.

Yao L, Wang XL, Wu FH, et al. (2022). Application of standardized patients in the OSCE assessment of undergraduate nursing interns in the cardiovascular department [in Chinese]. Contemporary Nurse (Early Issue), 29(3), 155-159.

Yao L, Mi GL, Wu FH, et al. (2022). Development of an evaluation index system for the management of undergraduate nursing internships [in Chinese]. Shanghai Nursing, 22(2), 54-57.

Yao L, Bi M, Bian Y, et al. (2021). Continuity of care needs and influencing factors in young and middle-aged patients after percutaneous coronary intervention [in Chinese]. Nursing Practice and Research, 18(23), 3496-3499.

Yao L, Liang Y, Zhong W, et al. (2021). Application and evaluation of hierarchical risk warning management in the nursing care of acute coronary syndrome in coronary care units [in Chinese]. General Nursing, 19(2), 253-256, 288.

Jia W, Wang R, Ma J, ^*Yao L. (2025). Latent profile analysis of self-care ability in elderly patients at home after percutaneous coronary intervention [in Chinese]. General Nursing, 23(17), 3194-3201.

Wang R, ^*Yao L, Pei YH, et al. (2025). Analysis of nursing dependence status and influencing factors in elderly patients after PCI [in Chinese]. Nursing Practice and Research, 22(08), 1158-1165.