Unmet needs in health training among nurses in rural Chinese township health centers: a cross-sectional hospital-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Maintaining a sufficient and competent rural nursing workforce is an important goal of the Chinese health delivery system. However, few studies have investigated the health training status or conducted a needs assessment of rural Chinese nurses during this time of great transformations in health policy. This study was conducted to explore the current health training status of nurses working in rural Chinese township health centers (THCs) and to ascertain their perceived needs.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey using a self-administered structured questionnaire was conducted among 240 THC nurses in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China from March 2014 to August 2014. The survey questionnaire was adapted from the Second Chinese Survey of Demographic Data and Training

SUBMITTER: Mo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729214 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature