Bibliometric analysis of the studies on nursing competency from 2004 to 2014 / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Obejective To analyze the related papers on nursing competency in China from 2004 to2014,and to learn the current status and developing trends of nursing competency,so as to provide reference for further research and development of nursing competency.Methods All literature related to nursing competency from 2004 to 2014 were searched in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (VIP),and Wanfang database.Bibliometric analysis methods were used to analyze the distribution time,area,journal distribution and research categories by using Microsoft Excel.Results Totally 199 articles related to nursing competency were collected and the number of publications increased in recent years.About 78.89％ (157/199) papers were published in the statistical source journal and 34.17％ (68/199) papers were focused on survey research about nursing competency.Conclusions Nursing competency have been paid more attention to,but the quality of the literature still need to be improved.