Investigation of the status quo of on-the-job training of head nurses in Shandong Province

Abstract

Objective To investigate the status quo and existing problems in 2A or higher level general hospitals in Shandong Province,in order to provide information for establishing and perfecting the head nurse training system of Shandong Province.Methods 666 head nurses from 129 hospitals were investigated by a self-designed questionnaire,namely questionnaire of status quo of head nurse training in 2A or higher level general hospitals in Shandong Province.Results The head nurses participating in the survey were average (40.1±5.8) years old,66.7％ of whom had intermediate titles,78.8％ with vocational school as basic education,86.8％ with bachelor as the highest degree.The head nurse training contents were mainly level hospital evaluation (73.9％),quality of nursing management training (65.8％) and nursing quality control (64.2％); training forms were mainly seminar (63.7％),conference (51.4％)and short-term training courses (40.5％); cumulative training time was within two weeks; 73.8％ of the teachers derived from clinical nursing specialist.79.3％ of the head nurses did not attend personalized evaluation before training,while 54.7％ received different forms of evaluation after training.57.2％ of the head nurses considered there had been problems in previous training,such as less practical knowledge (64.1％),a single mode of training (50.7％),lack of pertinence (34.6％),training teachers level was uneven (32.2％).Conclusions The systematic,hierarchical,normal,required,flexible-form,effective-evaluation and talents head nurse training system should be established to improve the nursing management level of the head nurse fundamentally. Key words: Head nurse; On-the-job training; Nursing management; General hospital