Current status of geriatric nursing competence of clinical nurses in grade A tertiary hospital in Guangdong Province and related influencing factors / 中国实用护理杂志

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Objective@#To investigate the current status and influencing factors of geriatric nursing competence of clinical nurses from grade A tertiary hospitals in Guangdong Province, and provide basic materials and evidence-based reference for the set of suitable allocation of geriatric nursing competence training plan.@*Methods@#By convenience sampling, a total of 2 067 clinical nurses from 40 grade A tertiary hospitals in 16 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province were investigated with general information questionnaire and self-made geriatric nursing competence scale for clinical nurses.@*Results@#The item average score was 2.30±0.71. Among three domains, professional literacy scored the highest, followed by professional practice and professional development. Among ten sub-domains, the top three scored were law and ethic, critical thinking and safe management while the bottom three were coaching and mentoring, professional learning, research and innovation. Multiple linear regression showed that the influencing factors of geriatric nursing competence were nursing age (B=0.011, 95%CI 0.006-0.015, P<0.01), professional title (B=0.031, 95%CI 0.002-0.066, P<0.05), interest in aged care (B=0.214, 95%CI0.179-0.250, P<0.01) and experience regarding geriatric specialized or professional nurses qualification training(B=0.250, 95%CI 0.152-0.349, P<0.01).@*Conclusions@#The geriatric nursing competence of clinical nurses from grade A tertiary hospital in Guangdong Province is in the middle level. Interventions to improve the professional development competence of clinical nurses is thus much needed. Hospital managers should establish the talent team according to geriatric nursing competence of clinical nurses, and take related training.