ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Critical Care
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1635942
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancing pediatric critical care: Sepsis, immune dysregulation, and precision therapiesView all articles
A Multicentre Cross-sectional Survey of the Core Competence of Paediatric Emergency Nurses
Provisionally accepted
- Children‘s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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To understand the core competency levels of paediatric emergency nurses and factors that influence these levels, and to provide a basis for improving the core competencies of paediatric emergency nurses via education and training, and to provide a reference for managers for implementing scientific management models.From October to November 2022, convenience sampling was used to select 540 paediatric emergency nurses from 9 provinces and cities across the country as survey subjects. A self-designed "Self-evaluation questionnaire on core competencies of paediatric emergency nurses" was used for survey analysis. The average score of the core competency items among paediatric emergency nurses was 4.06 ± 0.74, the highest score was 4.51 ± 0.62 in the professional attitude dimension, and the lowest score was 3.70 ± 0.81 in the professional development ability dimension. The results of the multiple regression analysis revealed that the hospital level and emergency management experience are the factors that influence the core competencies of paediatric emergency nurses. The core competencies of paediatric emergency nurses are at an average level and are influenced by various factors. Paediatric emergency nursing managers should develop comprehensive, systematic, and professional training plans, implement scientific management models in paediatric emergency management work, and increase the core competency levels of paediatric emergency nurses.
Keywords: pediatric, emergency, Nurse, core competencies, Cross-sectional survey
Received: 27 May 2025; Accepted: 10 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Tao, Li, Zhang, Zhan, Wang and Feng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Mei Feng, Children‘s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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