The current status of the development and enlightenment on nurse specialist in China: 1992 to 2013 survey of literature / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To describe the current status and existing problems on the specialist nurse in China and provide references for nurse management.Methods The following databases were searchedChinese Biomedical Literature Database (SinoMed),China Academic Journal database,Chinese Science and Technology journals database,using the key words specialty nurse,clinical nurse specialist and advanced practice nurse.Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied.Results Seven hundred and eighteen papers were eligible for inclusion.The earliest paper was published in 1992,then the number increased yearly.Most of the papers were reviews or summaries of experience,and the hotspot were about the nurse specialist in ICU,operating room,emergency,oncology and diabetes department.Conclusions The attempt about nurse specialist have been carried out in the whole country,but further improvement and practice are needed to solve the existing problems such as the definition,training,certification and nurse management,and it is urgent for us to explore a suitable way for the development of specialist nurse in China.