Investigation on the status and demand for geriatric nurse in nursing home of Zhejiang province
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.27.002
- VernacularTitle:浙江省养老机构老年护理人才现状与需求调查
- Author:
Lingyu CHEN
1
;
Lingzhi ZHANG
;
Lihui WU
;
Haibo ZHAO
;
Zhaoliang XIN
Author Information
1. 311201 杭州，浙江医学高等专科学校护理系
- Keywords:
Geriatric nursing;
Status and demand for talents;
Nursing home;
Talents situation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(27):3420-3423
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To learn about the status and demand for geriatric nursing talents in nursing home of Zhejiang province , and to explore the evidence for cultivating geriatric nurse in nursing home . Methods A total of 253 nursing homes of Zhejiang province were selected and surveyed using a self -designed questionnaire .Results Nursing homes in Zhejiang province did not have enough geriatric nurses , and the nurses in the nursing homes were with low education , within which the nurses with technical secondary school qualification accounted for 62.4%, and the nurses with college degree accounted for 28.5%.All nursing homes needed geriatric nurse with different education background .Long term care and other 12 fields’ knowledge were demanded .Health education and other 10 kinds of core ability were required .More than 90% respondents believed that it was necessary to set the major of geriatric nursing .Conclusions Nursing homes are lack of nursing talents , which are in great need of geriatric nurses with different education backgrounds .Based on the demand for knowledge and core competence , we should cultivate geriatric nursing talents through changing the courses system, the way of practice and setting the major of geriatric nursing to meet the needs for the aging of population in China .
