10 major trends predicting the future of nursing

1. The advent of smart nursing

With the nationwide promotion of smart hospitals! Medical institutions will become comprehensive test fields for modern media technologies, such as artificial intelligence, medical big data, 5G technology, VR technology, Internet of Things, sensor technology, etc., and will take the lead in in-depth innovation in medical intelligent diagnosis, medical robots, Internet hospitals, holographic medical treatment, etc. and popularity! It can be imagined that with the promotion of technologies such as nursing PDAs, intelligent infusion and dispensing robots, and integrated nursing mobile platforms in hospitals, the working environment and working methods of nursing staff will undergo major changes in the future. Real smart nursing and smart wards will continue to emerge. The collection of patient health indicators can be displayed through sensor collection and holographic projection. At the same time, health data will also be interconnected with personal devices, truly realizing the digitization, mobility, and visualization of nursing work.

2. Big changes in the content of nursing work

With the advancement of intelligent nursing, the content of nursing work will also undergo major changes; in the past, nursing staff’s case writing, evaluation, Education, quality control, repetitive errands, overtime work, etc. take up a lot of time and energy. The development of intelligence will free nurses from repetitive and inefficient work, leaving more time and energy to return to clinical technology and patients. Communication and communication, better thinking about how to participate in team diagnosis and treatment, and nursing professional skills and humanities will be the focus of future nursing work, truly reflecting the value of nursing work!

3. Nursing higher education develops rapidly

In developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, the minimum academic qualification for nursing staff is already a bachelor’s degree. Compared with the United Kingdom and the United States, due to various reasons, my country’s nursing higher education There is a huge gap in education development; however, with the slogan of "Education Power, Healthy China" in the country's "14th Five-Year Plan" and the lack of public health talents exposed by the COVID-19 epidemic, the development of nursing higher education will usher in a new era. With great opportunities for development, nursing colleges and universities across the country will continue to expand and attach importance to the cultivation of nursing talents. In particular, the number of nursing colleges and universities is increasing year by year, and the number of colleges and universities offering nursing graduate students is also growing rapidly; nurses are now being recruited from tertiary hospitals in first-tier cities. Judging from personnel information, the academic requirements start from the undergraduate level; it can be predicted that in the next 10 years, the proportion of fresh graduates with a bachelor's degree or above in nursing will exceed 20%, and the number of working nursing staff with a bachelor's degree (including on-the-job bachelor's degree) will account for 50% of the entire team, but it will reach Developed countries still need more time to reach the level!

4. Nursing network nursing services will be popularized and promoted

The emergence of the new crown epidemic has accelerated the social recognition and popularization of Internet hospitals. Both the Internet platform and the medical institutions themselves are accelerating. In the layout and promotion of the Internet, Internet nursing services in many medical institutions have become indispensable. At the same time, this is also the content that the National Health Commission has continued to pilot and promote during the epidemic; and as various Internet services continue to emerge in the country, Nursing service platforms, such as Internet chronic disease management/home care/rehabilitation care/home care/specialty care, etc. The increase of Internet nursing platforms has become a major trend. As the Internet nursing service platform technology continues to mature, social awareness and public acceptance With the increase in popularity, professional Internet nursing services provided by nursing staff will be increasingly promoted. After all, the Internet has changed society's medical habits, and young people will be better at using Internet nursing services in the future! The country’s general environment will also encourage Internet health services!

5. The salary level and social status of nursing staff will increase year by year

The turning point of the international COVID-19 epidemic has not yet appeared. As one of the main forces in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, nursing staff have received full support. The world continues to recognize it; it can be said that the new crown epidemic has allowed the value and role of nursing work to be better displayed in the public eye; with the future development of nursing higher education, the overall social awareness and social status of the domestic nursing group will be improved , and with the improvement of the economy and the reform of the national medical and health system, the salary level of nursing staff will gradually recover and increase; in addition, with the continuous exploration and liberalization of nursing specialty clinics and prescription rights, nursing staff will continue to contribute to medical institutions. While generating income, the salary and social status of nursing staff will also increase year by year!

6. Nursing staff will be the main force in future health care

With the aging of our country’s population, elderly care has become a major health problem that our country must face. With the aging of the population, With the development of health and chronic diseases, elderly health care and chronic disease health care require a large number of nursing staff. In the future, nursing will be the main force in elderly care and chronic disease health care, playing an important role in the health of the elderly and chronic disease health!

7. Specialist nursing

The development of specialist nursing is an inevitable direction in the future. Due to the lack of relevant reported data, it is estimated from an overall estimate that the training ratio of domestic specialist nurses is less than 10%, and there are regional differences in the training system. ; Developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have relatively mature standard systems and supporting mechanisms for the training and training of specialist nurses, and they have been subdivided into sub-specialty fields. Compared with developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, although we started later, we should train in specialist nursing technology. It has reached the same level, but there are shortcomings in system construction and specialty development. For example, the United States has NP, ANP, clinical nurse specialists, etc., but China still lacks the salary, benefits and professional title matching for specialist nurses, and there is no re-certification query system. There are no specialist nurses in the fields of nursing information, nursing education, etc.

However, practice has proven that specialist nurses embody the integration of professional knowledge and skills and are the key to the development of nursing disciplines. In the decisive battle against the COVID-19 epidemic, specialist nurses such as acute and severe respiratory care have played an absolute advantage; therefore , it can be predicted that the development of specialist nurses will get better and better in the future, and there will be a big explosion in depth and breadth. It is believed that in the future, the proportion of specialist nurses in the nurse population should reach more than 20%, and in some key specialist fields it should reach more than 50%.

8. Nursing scientific research field

Nursing scientific research will also undergo major changes in the future. The collection of scientific research data will use many mobile electronic tools such as Questionnaire Star. Standardization, data quality and collection efficiency will be greatly improved, and scientific research tools will become increasingly diversified and personalized, which will help scientific researchers work more efficiently. As the number of nursing researchers increases, there will be more and more multidisciplinary integration, international cooperation and big data projects in more cross-cutting fields, and multidisciplinary collaboration in nursing research will become increasingly important. In addition, AI translation software will also be used in SCI paper writing and other aspects, making it easier to overcome language shortcomings in paper writing and academic communication. In addition, the transformation and utilization of scientific research results are becoming more market-oriented, and more nursing products will be transformed and clinically applied, truly reflecting the value of nursing research.

9. Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing

With the increase in people’s health awareness brought about by the new coronavirus epidemic, Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing as a traditional medicine has been working hard to develop, especially Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing in health care , the unique advantages in chronic disease rehabilitation and health promotion, coupled with the cultural foundation and public base of TCM nursing, that is, it is easier to accept relatively traditional treatment methods and is more in line with the habits of the Chinese people. TCM nursing will also usher in a major development trend. . In recent years, as many Chinese medicine hospitals and maternal and child health hospitals have liberalized and explored the prescription rights of Chinese medicine nursing specialist outpatient clinics, the income of Chinese medicine nurses has also opened up new paths and fields, which can also promote the development of Chinese medicine nursing talent teams and disciplines! In addition, the national level is also vigorously promoting the internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine. With the increasing international recognition of traditional Chinese medicine nursing, it is believed that traditional Chinese medicine nursing will also occupy a place in the world's nursing field in the future.

10. Nursing industrialization

With the advancement of Healthy China and the deepening of medical reform in the field of medical devices, the domestic replacement of nursing-related medical device industries continues to accelerate, and domestic nursing technologies and products Innovation and transformation are also accelerating, and with the increase in investment in medicine, elderly care and other fields in the general health field, nursing staff, as the center of the health industry, whether it is providing professional training for elderly care talents, service provision, or integrating into nursing Related product companies have an indispensable status and driving role in the industrial chain. I believe that the development direction of nursing industrialization will become clearer and clearer in the future, the content will become more and more specific, and relevant practitioners will also gain more development. Chance.

Of course, the changes in the nursing discipline will not only be in these areas. The changes in the nursing field will be all-round and multi-level, including the field of nursing media integration, health intersection fields, nursing talents and innovation, and nursing big data. Wait, let us embrace the changes that will be determined in the future with a changing mindset, and believe that nursing will become better, stronger, and more professional in the future! It’s worth looking forward to!