Investigation on public health nursing knowledge and the demand among nurses in Shenzhen community

Abstract

Objective To investigate the public health nursing knowledge and the demand among nurses in Shenzhen community health service center, so as to provide evidence for the development of orientation and training methods and measures. Methods Random cluster sample and questionnaire survey were used to investigate 150 nurses from 33 community health service centers in order to understand public health knowledge and the training demand of Shenzhen community nurses. Results The education and professional level of Shenzhen community nurses were comparely low. They were lack of knowledge in terms of the epidemiology, the application of statistics, the community public health nursing mode. The most needed training was the abilities of sudden public health event emergency and common infectious disease prevention and care.Conclusions Community nurse lacks the public health nursing knowledge. The work of community nurses should develop balanced. Community nursers should be strengtened to train according to the public health nursing knowledge insufficiency and the demand of nurses. Key words: Community public health; Community health nursing; Training; Investigation