Investigation and research on the current situation of nursing assistants in Shanghai hospitals

GAO Guangwen; HE Yuan; DU Xueli; MA Yanfang; YU Yang; SUN Ji; XU Chao; SHEN Xiangkai; TANG Xiaobing; BAI Jinyan

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1637-315x.2024.09.016

Abstract：Objective To investigate the training situation,work current situation and job security of the nursing assistants in Shanghai hospitals,so as to provide policy suggestions and references for the standardized management of the nursing assistants in Shanghai hospitals.Methods From August to October 2022,a self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate 886 nursing assistants from 29 hospitals in Shanghai by cluster random sampling.Results Women accounted for the vast majority(94.13％).The age was older,and the nursing assis-tants over 50 years old reached 64.33％.Low education,junior high school and below accounted for 85.89％.The training time was short,and 44.92％of the nursing assistants had less than 1 month training time.The workload of nursing assistants was heavy,22.12％of them worked 12～15 hours a day,23.48％worked 15～18 hours a day,and 24.15％worked more than 19 hours a day.When nursing assistants had work disputes,65.24％of them preferred to resolve disputes through formal management departments such as nursing department and intermediary companies.Conclusion The age structure of the nursing assistants group is too large,the education background is low,the working time is long,the labor intensity is high,the working load is large,and the job secvrity guarantee conditions are limited.It is necessary to further im-prove the standardized management level of the nursing assistants team by strengthening the construction of the nursing assistants team,stand-ardizing the employment access and training mechanism,reasonably arranging the workload of the nursing assistants,and improving the protec-tion of the rights and interests of the nursing assistants.