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Objective To investigation the present situation of full‐time bachelor and upgraded clinical nurses ,in order to provide effective basis for the reasonable nursing hierarchical management and job arrangement .Methods Using cluster sampling method ,the working status of clinical nurses self‐designed questionnaire survey for 566 clinical nurses from 13 three level of first‐class hospitals of Nanning city were investigated by self‐designed questionnaire survey .Results The total score of full‐time bache‐lor and upgraded clinical nurses working status showed low satisfaction;the total score of working status of the upgraded nurse was higher than full‐time bachelor nurses .The upgraded clinical nurse in 4 dimensions of welfare treatment ,nursing working character‐istics and identity ,the work to be recognized ,interpersonal relationship scored higher than full‐time bachelor nurse(P0 .05) .Conclusion The overall performance of working statute of full‐time bachelor nurses is worse than upgraded nurses ,and some aspects including the occupation identification need to be further strengthened .The nursing managers need to increase the nursing hierarchical using of strength ,promote the rationalization process of job responsibility and arrangement of the high degree of clinical nurses ,in order to reduce the flow loss rate .
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Objective To provide the effective references for reasonable arrangement of nursing post by comparison on the core competence level and characteristics between the upgraded and the fulltime bachelor nurses.Methods Questionnaire survey based on the basic demographic data and the Competency Inventory for Chinese Registered Nurse for 391 clinical nurses from 13 three level of firstclass hospitals.Results The core competence score of the upgraded and the full-time bachelor nurses showed a moderate degree of satisfaction; the full-time bachelor nurses' total scores were higher than those of the upgraded nurses,and there were statistically significant differences among 6 dimensions included critical thinking and scientific research ability; there was no significant difference in clinical nursing dimension.Conclusions The full-time bachelor nurses' core competence is higher than that of the upgraded nurses in general,but no significant difference exists in clinical nursing dimension.