Objective To investigate the present situation of diabetic foot knowledge among nurses in Changzhi of Shanxi Province. Methods Adopting convenience sampling,100 nurses were recruited from 3 secondary hospital in Changzhi of Shanxi Province and evaluated by the questionnaire making by author. Results The average level of DF among nurses was unsatisfied. There are significant deference between who experiencing continuing education and not. Conclusions The present situation of diabetic foot knowledge among nurses in rural areas in China which should arouse more attention from management of nurse in rural area. Continuing education and professional training education should be carried out for nurses in rural area who also should develop their ability to read article,and Cognition of prevention and health education.

Objective To translate the self-assessment of fall risk questionnaire for hospitalized patients (SAFR) into Chinese and test the reliability and validity of the instrument.Methods After obtaining permission from the original author, we translated the SAFR to Chinese and to do back-translation as well as cultural adjustment. And then, the Chinese version of SAFR was confirmed and its content validity was tested. Besides, the retest reliability, internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Chinese version of SAFR were tested in nursing unit of our hospital.Results The Chinese version of SAFR was with high reliability and validity with 0.80 for the retest reliability ICC (P<0.05) and 0.688 for the Cronbach's α reliability coefficient. The content validity index (CVI) was 0.97 with the method of Delphi expert consultation. The construct validity of the instrument was measured by factor analysis. There were two common factors (eigenvalue >1) extracted by exploratory factor analysis with 57.588% for the cumulative variance contribution rate.Conclusions The Chinese version of SAFR has high reliability and validity with convenient and fast operation. The instrument can be considered a primary screening instrument of self-assessment of fall risk for hospitalized patients.