Investiagation of the core competency of junior nurses in cancer specialized hospital

Objective To understand the overall situation and influence factors of core competence of junior nurses to provide the reference for the next nurse training .Methods Ninety-five junior nurses with nurse occupation qualification certificate （ nursing age was no more than 3 years ） in Cancer Institute ＆ Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences were chosen and were surveyed by the competency inventory for registered nurses.Results The total score of the core competency of junior nurses was （173.05 ±27.21）, and the average score of dimension was （2.98 ±0.47）, and was in upper middle level.The average score of dimension showed that the score of legal and ethical practice was the highest score （3.25 ±0.52） and the score of education/counseling was the lowest score （2.74 ±0.59）.No differences were found in the average score of core competence of junior nurses who were different gender （t=-0.063）, working years （F=1.306）, title （t=0.01）, education （t=-0.463）, department （t=-0.463）, the appointment way （t=-1.492）, the only child （t=0.301） and the job satisfaction （F=1.063） and so on （P〉0.05）.Conclusions The core competence of junior nurses should be strengthened , especially in the education/counseling and the critical thinking/scientific research etc . Key words: Core competency; Junior nurses; Cancer hospital