Investigation and analysis on the current situation of nursing human resource at ICU in Nanjing

Objective To investigate the current situation of nursing human resource and specialized skills at ICU of Third Grade Class A Hospital in Nanjing,to understand the structure of nurses at ICU in Nanjing,so as to provide evidence for strengthening nursing team construction at ICU in Nanjing.Methods Totally,476 nurses from 7 Third Grade Class A hospitals were investigated with a self- designed questionnaire and ICU nursing core competencies evaluation form in December,2013. Results The ratio between bed and nurses at ICU from 7 Third Grade Class A hospitals was 1 ︰ 2. 48,97. 69% of them got associate degree or above,91. 18% of them worked at ICU for less than 10 years,74. 37% of them under age 30,more than 36. 76% of nurses got municipal level or above specialized knowledge training and 11. 76% of them got province- above nurse certificate,the scores of 67. 44% nurses was 3 to 5,it showed that ICU has the ability of preliminarily using the gradeduty nursing pattern. Conclusion The nurses received higher education at ICU of Third Grade Class A Hospital have higher proportion,but they are young,the length of service is short and the professional title is low. The nursing administrators of ICU should focus on the current situation of nursing human resource and pay attention to the capability gap of nurses,so as to reasonable stratified nursers. Effective use of nursing human resource.