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ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING PROJECT IN PEDIATRIC NURSING FOR THE NURSES JUST GRADUATED

Zheng XL, Li P

Children’s Hospital, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, 400014 China

Objective: In order to meet the special requirements of pediatric nursing, to help the nurses just graduated from Nursing School (new nurses) pass through the Transition of Reality Shock successfully, to make qualified pediatric nurses, we have been practicing a systematic assessment and training project for the new nurses.

Methods: 27 new nurses enrolled into the project from July 1999 to July 2000. First we did an assessment for all new nurses enrolled in this study for displaying what the new nurses need and made a training project. The training courses were run in four phases and they were Introduction, Job Orientation, Basic Knowledge and Techniques of Pediatric Nursing, and Advanced Pediatric Nursing. After completing each training phase, every trainee was evaluated. The nurses qualified for the evaluation would be enrolled into the next step.

Results: Among the 27 new nurses, 26 were qualified for 7 items of pediatric nursing assessment (rate of eligibility was 96%) after taking training courses, but only 13 new nurses could pass through this assessment (rate of eligibility was 48%) before taking training courses.

Conclusion: The knowledge and techniques in the curriculum of nursing school do not completely meet the needs of pediatric clinical nursing work. As the new comers work as pediatric nurses will face great challenges, a systematic assessment and training project is very necessary for those who want to be qualified pediatric nurses.