Abstract
Objective To investigate the self-assessment of post competency and training needs of charge nurses, so as to provide reference guidance for the establishment of appropriate training strategies. Methods By cluster sampling, 98 charge nurses from Peking University People's Hospital were selected from October to December of 2017 as the participants in this study. By the self-designed General Information Questionnaire, Charge Nurse Post Competency Questionnaire and the Management Related Training Needs Questionnaire to study the charge nurses. A total of 98 questionnaire were distributed and 97 valid ones were collected. Results The charge nurses' educational backgrounds were mainly junior college and technical secondary school, accounting for 94.8% (92/97) ; the working length of less than 10 years accounted for 60.8% (59/97) ; the title of chief nurse practitioner accounted for 77.3% (75/97) . The total self-assessment score of charge nurse post competency was (93.33±3.44) points, among which the dimension of professional feature had the highest scoring rate of 96.36%, while the dimension of leaders' had the lowest scoring rate of 90.50%. Single factor analysis indicated that the total score of post competency in the charge nurses with different working length and titles had statistical difference (P<0.05) . All the charge nurses demand post training, and among the training needs, the top three were management skills and method continuous improvement of quality, and nursing safety management. The top three training modes were topic lectures and visiting other hospitals short-term training sessions. Conclusions The current competence of the head nurse's self-perception needs to be further improved. Based on job requirements and development needs, the head nurse has a high level of training enthusiasm, The supervising departments should formulate post training strategies according to the charge nurses' current shortages and needs, adopt the teaching approaches of special topic lectures and seminars and so on to provide training on skills and methods for the charge nurses in order to improve their post competency. Key words: Nurse managers; Charge nurse; Post competency; Self-evaluation; Training
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