ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664569
Community Nurses' Experiences of Receiving Targeted Support in a Regional Nursing Consortium: A Qualitative Study
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Library, Shanghai, China
- 2Beihua University School of Medicine, Jilin, China
- 3North Sichuan Road Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, China
- 4Huizhou Huayang Group Co Ltd, Huizhou, China
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Background: Regional nursing consortia aim to optimize nursing resource allocation and enhance the quality of primary care. However, community nurses often encounter challenges that diminish their motivation and professional satisfaction, hindering effective implementation. Notably, their lived experiences remain under-explored. Aim: To explore community nurses’ experiences of receiving support within regional nursing consortia, to improve the model’s effectiveness and sustainability. Methods: Between November and December 2024, 162 community nurses affiliated with a regional nursing consortium were considered eligible. From this pool, 10 nurses were purposively selected for in-depth interviews until data saturation was reached. The interviews were analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Results: Three major themes and ten subthemes emerged: (1) Nurses acknowledged the mentoring model's positive effects, including expanded practice scope, professional development, and increased confidence in managing complex cases. (2) Enthusiasm for active participation was low due to heavy workloads, stress, and dissatisfaction with performance-based pay. (3) Nurses held high expectations for the model, including broader project coverage, varied support formats, insurance-funded services, clearer role boundaries, and expanded patient engagement. Conclusion: While community nurses value the support provided through the regional nursing consortium, their engagement remains limited. To enhance participation, initiatives should reduce workload, diversify support approaches, and expand project scope. Strengthening professional development and improving incentive mechanisms are essential. Additionally, outreach efforts targeting patients and families should be increased to maximize the model’s impact.
Keywords: Community nursing, regional nursing consortium, Mentoring model, Qualitativestudy, Healthcare workforce
Received: 12 Jul 2025; Accepted: 15 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Li, Lin Cheng, Zhang, Zhang, Tu, Yan, Zhou, Song and Wang. 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: Shuo Wang, shuow4250@gmail.com
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