Objective To understand the status and features of nursing care adverse events and to offer scientific basis for improving patient safety management of nursing at high altitude area. Methods Data such as categories, causes, time distribution and other factors of nursing care adverse events were collected from January 2013 to August 2014 in the People′s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region were analyzed. Results Over the study period, 50 adverse events were recorded and the most common types were tube emersion(26%,13/50), pressure sores(14%,7/50) and scald(12%,6/50) respectively. The proportions of different severity of adverse events were hidden events (48%,24/50), events without bad consequence(36%,18/50), adverse events(14%,7/50) and warning events(2%,1/50) respectively. The ineffective communication, inadequate assessment, and not abiding by the rules accounted for 70%(35/50) of the causes of adverse events. 7:00-10:59 and 19:00-22:59 period was the high incidence of adverse events, respectively accounted for 32%(16/50) and 26%(13/50). Conclusions The management of nursing adverse events at high altitude area need to consider the geographical characteristics,besides, to guarantee the implementation of the system,reduce the bed / nurse ratio, improve the comprehensive quality of nurses and other measures can be taken to reduce the occurrence of adverse events.

Objectives: To find out the demands and status in quo of the development of specialty nursing and to provide positive suggestions for the further development of specialty nursing in Tibet. Methods: Self-designed questionnaire was adopted to investigate 16 different level hospitals across Tibet. Results: Among the 16 hospitals in which there were altogether 1677 nursing staff and only 11 hospitals had cultivated specialty nurses with a number of 123 in total. The rate of specialty nurses allocated was 7.2%. 9 hospitals expressed the need to develop specialty nurses in nearly future and the number of specialty nurses needed was 577. Conclusion Tibet should step up the development of specialty nursing, establish and perfect the training method and management system about specialty nurses as soon as possible.

Objective:To explore the current status and influencing factors of venous thromboembolism (VTE) knowledge among nurses of hospitals in Tibet, so as to provide guidance for VTE nursing in Tibet.Methods:From November to December 2019, convenience sampling was used to conduct a VTE knowledge survey of 1 117 nurses in 59 hospitals from 7 cities (regions) of the Tibet Autonomous Region using the VTE Knowledge Questionnaire for Clinical Nurses. Binary Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the influencing factors of VTE knowledge scores among nurses.Results:Among nurses of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the total VTE knowledge score was (36.70±15.17) , of which the basic knowledge dimension score was (7.13±2.99) , and the risk assessment dimension score was (14.75±7.61) , and the basic prevention dimension score was (3.92±1.99) , and the physical prevention dimension score was (4.73±2.62) points, and the drug prevention dimension score was (1.96±1.29) , and the VTE post-processing dimension score was (4.22±2.35) . The average score rate of VTE knowledge among nurses in Tibet was 48.94%, and the knowledge of nurses was at an intermediate to low level. In the use of preventive measures, nurses had insufficient knowledge, including physical prevention score rate of 36.38%, drug prevention score rate 39.20%. Logistic regression analysis showed that professional title, hospital level, and whether or not they had participated in training were independent factors influencing the qualification of nurses' VTE knowledge score ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:The nurses in Tibet have insufficient knowledge of VTE. Managers need to carry out targeted training for nurses with different characteristics and the deficiencies of knowledge, to promote nurses to apply what they have learned to clinical practice effectively, and to ensure the quality of VTE care.