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Chinese Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing ›› 2025, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (3): 290-296.doi: 10.3761/j.issn.2096-7446.2025.03.005

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Investigation on the current status of nursing human resources in emergency departments of medical institutions in Zhejiang Province

WANG Ping(), LU Zhihong, WANG Yuwei, WANG Sa, ZHANG Yukun, FANG Jue, ZHOU Shuaishuai, JIN Jingfen()   

  1. Department of Emergency,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou,310009,China
  • Received:2024-03-19 Online:2025-03-10 Published:2025-03-03

Abstract:

Objective To understand the current situation of the allocation of nursing human resources in the emergency departments of medical institutions in Zhejiang Province,and to provide reference for further strengthening the construction of nursing team in the emergency departments. Methods 104 hospitals from 11 prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang Province were selected by simple random sampling method from September to October 2022,and the nursing managers of emergency departments were investigated by using the questionnaire of nursing human resources allocation in emergency departments of medical institutions in Zhejiang Province. Results The average ratio of bed to nurse in emergency room was 1 ∶ 2.6. Among the 2 735 emergency nurses,21.06% were under 25 years old,73.02% had bachelor’s degree,0.54% had master’s degree,and only 3.11% had senior professional title. Among the 104 hospitals,49.04% had ICU,only 7.69% had assistant nurses,and only 1.00% had nursing managers with postgraduate degree in emergency departments. There were significant differences among different levels of medical institutions in total number of beds,number of beds in emergency and rescue rooms,total number of nurses in emergency and rescue rooms,observation beds,ICU beds,average daily visits and average daily number of patients treated in emergency and rescue rooms(P<0.05). There were significant differences among different levels of medical institutions in the age,professional title and educational level of nurses(P<0.05). The night shift frequency of nurses in different levels of medical institutions was statistically different(P<0.05). There was statistical significance in the composition ratio of nursing managers’ professional titles among the emergency departments of different medical institutions(P<0.05). Conclusion The number of nursing human resources in the emergency departments of Zhejiang Province meets the requirements of relevant national documents. The nurses’ education is mainly bachelor’s degree,and the composition of nurses is characterized by youthfulness and a “pyramid” of professional titles. There is an urgent need to increase the number of assistant nurses for front-line personnel and the construction of emergency intensive care unit beds in secondary and tertiary medical institutions. At the same time,there is room for improving the education level of nursing managers.

Key words: Emergency Department, Nursing Human Resources, Nursing Management Research, Training