Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study

ObjectiveAssessing the nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses will enable nursing managers to develop measures to effectively address the nutritional nursing needs of patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the status quo and influencing factors of nutritional nu...

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Main Authors: Yuan Tang, Xiumei Wen, Xiaoli Tang, Xiaoxue Li, Li Zhang, Shujuan Duan, Ping Long, Zixuan Zhou
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1449271/full
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author Yuan Tang
Xiumei Wen
Xiaoli Tang
Xiaoxue Li
Li Zhang
Shujuan Duan
Ping Long
Zixuan Zhou
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Xiumei Wen
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Shujuan Duan
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Zixuan Zhou
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description ObjectiveAssessing the nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses will enable nursing managers to develop measures to effectively address the nutritional nursing needs of patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the status quo and influencing factors of nutritional nursing competence of nurses in China.MethodA cross-sectional survey was conducted among more than 1300 clinical nurses from 10 provinces in eastern, central and western China by using self-designed socio-demographic questionnaire and nutrition nursing ability scale compiled by Zhu Xinyi.ResultThe median score of nurses’ nutritional nursing ability was 238 (210, 258). Univariate analysis confirmed that a total of 12 factors were shown to be statistically significant for nurses’ competency in nutritional care. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that department, hospital level, monthly income, learned nutrition courses, regular participation in nutrition continuing education and training, be a nutrition specialist nurse, participation in nutrition nursing knowledge and skills training, and the hospital’s regular conduct of special quality supervision of nutrition nursing and carried out special quality improvement projects of nutrition nursing.ConclusionIn China, the nutritional nursing competence of nurses is at an upper medium level and needs to be further improved. In order to improve the level of nutrition nursing, encourage and support nurses to take targeted nutrition care education and training, nursing managers should also adopt multi-mode intensive inspection and examination.
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spelling doaj-art-219f3e7dbb9044b1997aecccb4646a442024-12-18T05:10:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2024-12-011110.3389/fnut.2024.14492711449271Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional studyYuan Tang0Xiumei Wen1Xiaoli Tang2Xiaoxue Li3Li Zhang4Shujuan Duan5Ping Long6Zixuan Zhou7Neurosurgery Center Department, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaYanjiang District People’s Hospital, Ziyang, ChinaNeurosurgery Center Department, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaNeurosurgery Center Department, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaNeurosurgery Center Department, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaNeurosurgery Center Department, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaNeurosurgery Center Department, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaNeurosurgery Center Department, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaObjectiveAssessing the nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses will enable nursing managers to develop measures to effectively address the nutritional nursing needs of patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the status quo and influencing factors of nutritional nursing competence of nurses in China.MethodA cross-sectional survey was conducted among more than 1300 clinical nurses from 10 provinces in eastern, central and western China by using self-designed socio-demographic questionnaire and nutrition nursing ability scale compiled by Zhu Xinyi.ResultThe median score of nurses’ nutritional nursing ability was 238 (210, 258). Univariate analysis confirmed that a total of 12 factors were shown to be statistically significant for nurses’ competency in nutritional care. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that department, hospital level, monthly income, learned nutrition courses, regular participation in nutrition continuing education and training, be a nutrition specialist nurse, participation in nutrition nursing knowledge and skills training, and the hospital’s regular conduct of special quality supervision of nutrition nursing and carried out special quality improvement projects of nutrition nursing.ConclusionIn China, the nutritional nursing competence of nurses is at an upper medium level and needs to be further improved. In order to improve the level of nutrition nursing, encourage and support nurses to take targeted nutrition care education and training, nursing managers should also adopt multi-mode intensive inspection and examination.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1449271/fullnutritional nursingclinical nursescompetenceinfluencing factorscross-sectional study
spellingShingle Yuan Tang
Xiumei Wen
Xiaoli Tang
Xiaoxue Li
Li Zhang
Shujuan Duan
Ping Long
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Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study
Frontiers in Nutrition
nutritional nursing
clinical nurses
competence
influencing factors
cross-sectional study
title Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study
title_full Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study
title_short Nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study
title_sort nutritional nursing competence of clinical nurses and its influencing factors a cross sectional study
topic nutritional nursing
clinical nurses
competence
influencing factors
cross-sectional study
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1449271/full
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