Understanding of nursing profession for the aged.

Professional knowledge of elderly nursing staff

First, the job content of the old-age care worker

Elderly nursing staff refers to service personnel who take care of the lives of the elderly. The basic task of old-age care is to provide common nursing techniques such as daily life care, disease care and psychological care for the elderly according to their physiological and psychological characteristics and social needs.

According to the report of the World Health Organization, China has entered an aging society ahead of schedule, and the number of elderly people over 60 has reached 1 billion, accounting for 15% of the national population, and this proportion will increase significantly. Therefore, the elderly nursing staff has become a new hot occupation. In order to make this profession more standardized, the relevant state departments have formulated the National Vocational Skills Standard for Elderly Nurses according to relevant regulations. In the future, all personnel engaged in aged care must undergo professional training and obtain professional qualification certificates before taking up their posts.

Second, the employment direction of elderly nursing staff

The employment direction of elderly nursing staff is:

(1) worked in hospitals, community medical departments, nursing homes and individual medical institutions. Provide holistic nursing service for the elderly.

(2) Start your own business and set up an old-age service institution. Provide aged care services and guidance for the elderly.

(3) Providing home-based aged care services for special elderly people at home.

Third, the career prospects of elderly nursing staff.

With the acceleration of China's population aging process and the change of people's concept of providing for the aged, more and more elderly people enter the old-age care institutions, which requires the old-age care institutions to have a skilled nursing team. Many talent agencies have taken a fancy to the broad development prospects of old-age care, and have negotiated and cooperated with old-age care institutions to recruit old-age care workers who have obtained qualification certificates after training; At the same time, many citizens directly employ experienced nursing staff to take care of and care for the elderly. In this context, training qualified nurses has become a veritable "fragrant cake". At present, there is a shortage of certified professional aged care workers in China, with a gap of about 2.6 million.

Three, the old-age care worker job requirements

(1) has some basic knowledge: 1. Basic knowledge of nursing for the elderly, including physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly, nursing characteristics of the elderly, common diseases of the elderly, nutritional needs of the elderly, and professional work guidance of elderly caregivers.

(2) Knowledge of laws and regulations related to old-age care: specifically, it includes knowledge of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, the Labor Law and other related laws and regulations.

(3) Healthy psychological quality: observation ability and independent thinking ability.

(4) Good interpersonal communication skills

(5) A healthy lifestyle