Analysis on the human resources of clinical nurses

Objective To investigate of the human resources of clinical nurses,and to provide basis for devel-oping effective and scientific arrangement of nursing.Methods The ratio of clinical nurses to patients,nurses to doc-tors,nurses to beds,the educational background and professional title of the nurses were investigated,recorded and then compared with the national standard.Results Four student nurses and 93 registered nurses were enrolled in this study,including 42 primary nurses(45.16%),20 junior nurses(21.51%),29 nurses in charges(31.18%),and 2 associ-ate chief nurses(2.15%).As for the education background,result showed that 46 nurses(49.46%) are of technical school degree,39 nurses are of associate degree(41.93%),8 nurses are of bachelor degree(8.60%).The ratio of nurs-es to clinical workers is 42.85%,that of nurses to doctors is 1:1.02,and that of nurses to beds is 1:(0.25~0.65),with an average of 1:0.47.The number of nurses is smaller than the national standard.The ratio of nurses to beds,nurses to doctors are all lower.Conclusion Our hospital is still lack of clinical nurses,especially those with high educational degree and high professional title,which restricts the quality of nursing care and increases the risk of nursing.