The current status of the development of nursing clinic in China-- Based on bibliometrics and content analysis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the current status of nursing clinics in China in the past decades in order to provide reference for the development of nursing clinics and advanced nursing practice in the future. Methods Analyzing articles published from 2007 to 2016 from China National Knowledge Infrastructure,Chinese VIP periodical service platform,Wanfang databases by using the bibliometrics and content analysis. Results A total of 184 articles were found by using the key words of"nursing clinic"or"nurse clinic".The increasing trend was obvious after 2013.83.2%(153/184)of the articles describes the nursing clinics were conducted in the hospital.78.3%(144/184)of nursing clinics provided education, guidance and counseling for the clients.87.5%(161/184)of the articles clearly describes the competence of the nurses in the nursing clinics.The majority of the articles reported using non-experimental design. The top subject of nursing clinics research was chronic diseases (54.5%, 85/184), in which diabetes accounts for 70.6%(70/85). Conclusions An increasing trend of development of nursing clinics in China.The urgent need for the development of nursing clinic in primary medical institutions.More kinds of service should be provided for the clients, not only health education, guidance and counseling. To expand the research field of nursing clinics is needed.