Human Resource Allocation of Community Nurses in General Medical Team in Shanghai

Objective To explore the appropriate human resource allocation of community nurses in general medical team in Shanghai according to the nursing workload and the nursing demand of community residents.Methods Work dairy record was used to record the workload of community nurses themselves.And the questionnaire survey was also taken to investigate the nursing demand of the community residents.Workload indicator of staffing need (WISN) was taken calculate the human resource allocation of community nurses according to the present workload and the nursing demand of community residents by.Results The major services provided by community nurses were disease nursing and health promotion,with disease nursing accounting for 75.48% of the total time and health promotion only for 7.56%.According to the present nursing workload,the actual number of the nurses was 2 less than 20 that it should be.The demands of community residents for community nursing services were mainly disease nursing and health promotion,with the former being the first.The number of community nurses was 18 according to the demand of community residents,which was equivalent to the actual nursing allocation.Conclusion In the community nursing disease is paid more attention than health care.The human resource allocation of nursing is not enough to the present workload; however it is equivalent to the nursing demand of community residents.