ABSTRACT
Objective To understand the level of clinical first aid ability of nurses in non-emergency department of third-class general hospitals of Taiyuan City, and to provide theoretical basis for effective intervention of nursing managers. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1008 nurses in 5 third-class general hospitals in Taiyuan city. Results The total score of clinical first aid ability of the non-emergency department nurses in 5 third-class general hospitals of Taiyuan was (121.29 ± 12.19) points.There were significant differences in scores of different age, education, nursing age, grade, title and departmental nurses (F=25.584-128.611, P<0.01). There was only a difference in the theoretical knowledge reserve in different department (F=3.589, P<0.05). The effect of the first aid ability on the emergency first aid ability of the non-emergency department nurses was the energy level, the education degree and the first aid ability of the nurses are increasing with the education level and the energy level. Conclusions In clinical work, nursing managers should pay attention to the development of first aid ability of low-grade and low-educated nurses in non-emergency department, and can carry out the training for first aid and comprehensive ability by situation simulation, emergency plan exercise, process management and so on.