Objective To describe the status of publication papers on nursing of 47 grade three and first-class hospitals in Henan province from the year of 1991 to 2014 and provide valuable reference basis for the relevant departments to make policy. Methods The methods of literature metrology was used to analyze the amount, journals, key words distribution and other information of the 12 422 articles with the keyword 'nursing', which were included by China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang data, VIP database. Results The number of published articles of the investigated units was in the upward trend on the whole. But the number of annual published articles on the core periodicals was significantly lower than the total. The articles were mainly distributed on 3 nursing core journals, 5 non-nursing journals of Henan province, which were mostly for regional academic exchanges. 11 key words of nursing articles of Henan were the same as the nation but different for the sequence. Conclusions The grade three and first-class hospitals in Henan are in urgent need of the construction of systematic and standardized scientific research training system. The channel for the exchange of nursing academic needs to be widen. Clinical nursing research should be paid more attention to the characteristic field.

Objective To understand the status of basic compensation for nurses′night-shift and nursing age allowance, and provide reference basis for government to make policy. Methods A total of 956 nurses of 22 hospitals from 18 cities in Henan were investigated and analyzed by the Nurse Night-shift Compensation Status Questionnaire. Results The human resources allocation of 71.9% (687/956) respondents was not up to standard. The nurses were under labor intensity. 60.06%(574/956) nurses needed to go to the night-shift for 2-3 times every week. 86.21%(824/956) nurses thought the intensity of labor was mild light or relatively high. The swing night shift compensation of 16.1% (153/956) nurses was none. The graveyard shift compensation of 52.1%(498/956) nurses was 1 to 10 yuan. 90.49%(865/956) nurses thought inked the compensation for night shift was unreasonable. 26.31% (252/956) nurses didn′t receive any payment for the night shift. Conclusions The managers in hospital should attach importance to the legitimate rights and interests of the nurses, optimize the management of human resources and improve the status of nurse shift rotation. They also need to perfect the management of nursing project cost to reflect the nurse work value.