Physical assessment skills of clinical nurses: application status and analysis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2011.10.002
- VernacularTitle:临床护士身体评估技能的应用状况与调查分析
- Author:
Guang SHI
;
Lili ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Physical assessment;
Health assessment;
Nursing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2011;27(10):4-7
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the application status of physical assessment in clinical nurses. Methods Using self-designed physical assessment skills questionnaire to investigate nurses in six provinces of China, 1115 questionnaires were valid. Results There were 171 items in this questionnaire,4.0% of them were used regularly, 19.3% used frequently, 76.7% used occasionally. The result of Spearman correlation showed that there was positive correlation between the frequency of physical assessment skills and the subjective needs of nurses, regional, educational background, hospital level. There was also negative correlation with title, age and seniority. Conclusions The main factors lead to imbalance development of physical assessment skills are regional, hospital-level and education background; the assessment skills of specialist hospitals and wards need to be standardized immediately.
