Exploring the development trends in community nursing in Shanghai / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the development trends in community nursing. Methods The current situation of community nursing in Shanghai was analyzed by means of questionnaire surveys and literature review. Subjects A total of 3 173 questionnaires were distributed to community nurses, hospital nurses, community residents, and hospitalized patients and 2 942 of them were retrieved, the rate of retrieval being 93.8%. Results The demand for community nursing was not satisfied, the number of community nurses was insufficient and their general quality was low. Conclusion The scope of services in community nursing needs to be expanded with demand as a guide, more community nurses need to be cultivated, and the quality of the nursing contingent needs to be enhanced.