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Strategic Study of CAE >> 2017, Volume 19, Issue 2 doi: 10.15302/J-SSCAE-2017.02.013

Insights into Current Severe Problems with China’s Nursing System, and Construction Strategies

Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China

Funding project:中国工程院咨询项目“我国全民健康与医药卫生事业发展战略研究”(2014-ZD-06) Received: 2017-01-10 Revised: 2017-02-24 Available online: 2017-05-03 10:07:28.000

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Abstract

Based on a literature review, a questionnaire survey, and expert consultation, this paper provides insights into the severe problems that exist within China’s nursing system; analyzes these problems in terms of the allocation of nursing human resources, the development and construction of the nursing discipline, and nursing value realization; and sets forth countermeasures and suggestions. According to the analysis results, problems exist regarding the allocation of nursing human resources in China, and include the number of nurses, the educational background of nurses, the age structure of nurses, and the stability of the nurse workforce. Professional curriculum design, professional training modes, and financing investments reveal severe problems for the development and construction of the nursing discipline. Nursing services are low priced, nursing income is low, and the value of nursing is underestimated; these circumstances are key problems that hinder the development of the nursing profession. In view of these severe problems, this paper puts forward countermeasures and suggestions for strengthening nursing team building, improving the quality of nursing services, accelerating nursing discipline construction and professional training, refining the pricing of nursing, and raising nurse treatment and construction strategies, with a view toward providing a basis for building a new nursing system.

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