Investigation on Professional Core Competencies of ICU Nurses from 16 A-grade General Hospitals

Objective To investigate the professional core competencies of nurses working in the ICU and provide information for making aimed interventions.Methods Descriptive and correlative research method were used in this study.From February to March in 2008,632 ICU nurses from 16 A-grade general hospitals in china were investigated.Results The average score of the professional core competencies of investigated ICU nurses was 2.34±0.61,with the highest scores of educa- tion and training competency and the lowerst socre of mastering and practising spealized skills' competency.Different professional core competencies for ICU nurses of different levels were ob- served by the analysis of one way Anova(P0.01).And level of ICU nurses was in the multiple regression equation(Beta=0.198,P0.01).Conclusion The nursing administrators should carry out pertinent training for ICU nurses accroding to their different professonal level.