Abstract
Objective To investigate the status of core competency of the operating room specialist nurses and the influencing factors and to provide a basis for the reasonable arrangement of works.Methods Subjects'demographic questionnaire and Competency Inventory for Registered Nurse scale (CIRN) were used to investigate 83 operating room specialist nurses.Results The overall score of the operating room specialist nurse' s core competencies is ( 169.77 ±33.86).Specialist nurses are satisfied with legal/ethical practice (3.16 ±0.57) while they perceived critical thinking and research aptitude was at a low level (2.76 ± 0.62).The factor of specialist nurses is technique title by analysis of multiple linear regression ( t =2.89,P =0.01 ).Conclusions The operating room specialist nurse' s core competency is in the middle level and the specialist nurses are competent in clinical work.Administrators should set up effective interventions to improve the nursing quality and promote the development of nursing. Key words: Operating room; Specialist nurses; Core competency
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