The status of nursing assistants team in the hospital in part of China
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.14.020
- VernacularTitle:我国部分地区医院护理员队伍现状调查
- Author:
Na'na SHI
1
;
Changxiao MA
;
Ying HE
;
Xia CUI
;
Ruihua FENG
;
Xiaowan WANG
Author Information
1. 100097 北京，卫生部人才交流服务中心
- Keywords:
Hospital;
Nursing assistant;
Status
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(14):1664-1667
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the development situation of hospital nursing assistants in certain regions of China in order to provide reference and evidence for improving the professional standardization management of nursing assistants .Methods Used questionnaire survey to investigate and analyze 538 nursing assistants'social demographic characteristics , education training , welfare, working conditions and degree of satisfaction.Results In the surveyed sample, 87.9% respondents were female nursing assistants; and 53.0%aged 40 to 49;78.3% came from rural area;73.6% only received middle school education or had lower education background.The nursing assistants who participated in pre-service training accounted for 96.5%, who participated in professional qualification training accounted for 31.4%, and only 15.1% had certification.The average monthly income of nursing assistants was 1902.5 RMB, but only 9.8%respondents had insurance and housing fund.41.4% nursing assistants had average daily working time longer than 8 hours.The highest proportion work done by nursing assistants was sorting and replacing the bed unit and personal items (92.3%), while the lowest percentage work was measuring axillary temperature for patients (26.3%).50.3% nursing assistants once had the idea of changing career, and 50.8% respondents'relatives and friends had a general thought or disagreed to their profession.In the sample, the satisfaction degree of the income and welfare was the lowest (43.1%).Conclusions Nursing assistants were almostly middle-aged women,who were normally without higher education and enough training .They did intensive work while received very low income;the service range provided by them was limited , too; and the stability of the team and occupation identity were poor.
