Investigation on the allocation status of neonatology nursing human resources in China's economically developed areas / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the status quo of nursing human resource configuration and structure of neonatology department in China's economically developed areas.Methods Using judgment sampling and multi-stage stratified sampling,investigations were conducted by the self-designed questionnaire in letter in 2012.Results In 2012,both the bed nurse ratio(10.79) and doctor nurse ratio (1 1.22) met the Health Ministry's standards (10.58-0.61 and 1 2) respectively.Age distribution of neonatology nursing staff was from 25 to 34 years old (55％).The distribution of wordng experience was average.Nurses with junior college degree as the main body took up 48％,with primary title as the main body 66％,and the appointment system accounted for 42％.The nursing personnel with young ages,senior skilled,higher education degree,and advanced titles were concentrated in Grade Ⅲ-A hospitals and public hospitals of women and children.In terms of distribution equity,two Gini coefficients of geographical and population distribution were both less than 0.35 and near zero,which indicated relatively perfect equity.Conclusions The stock and per capita of neonatology nursing human resources in China's economically developed areas were insufficient in the long run and showed imbalanced allocation among hospitals with different levels.The allocation structure failed to meet the needs of nursing disciplinary development.