Investigation of nurses' attitude and willingness on multiple-sites practice in China / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand attitude and willingness of nurses on multiple-sites practice in China,and to explore promoters and inhibitors as well as influencing factors of multiple-sites practice.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted and 113 839 nurses were recruited from 31 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities.Results Among 113 839 respondents,90343(79.36％) expressed supports for multiple-sites practice,88 571(77.81％) were willing to practice in multiple sites.The biggest promoter and inhibitor for nurses to practice in multiple-sites were increasing personal income and already existing heavy workloads.Totally 86 990(79.29％) nurses thought relevant laws or regulations should be launched in China to ensure implementation of multiple-sites practice.In addition,nurses with senior professional title,with higher educational level,aged 31 to 45 years,holding specialist practice license were more willing to practice in multiple sites (P＜0.01).Conclusion Nurses had a positive attitude towards multiple-sites practice.Policy-makers should sort out and amend the present laws and regulations,and guide excellent nursing talents including specialist nurses,to realize reasonable allocation of nursing resources through multiple-sites practice.