Improving the activities of the nursing staff at the medical research center

Introduction. The most important area of work of medical and nursing staff is the development of children’s healthcare and the provision of qualified personnel for medical institutions. To care for patients, it is necessary to master increasingly complex medical and technical knowledge and master new skills, and improve those already acquired. High-tech medical care is a complex of medical and diagnostic medical services conducted in the conditions of research centers, one of which is the National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health of the Ministry of Health of Russia (hereinafter the Center), using complex and unique medical technologies with significant resource intensity.

The purpose of the work: to establish the features of the professional activity of the specialists of the nursing link of the medical research center and to determine the ways of further development of nursing care.

Materials and methods. The data of the personnel records of the Center and the data of the Federal Statistical Observation in Russia and Moscow, own data of surveys and questionnaires are analyzed.

Results. 35% of the Center’s nurses were found to have the highest qualification category. The staffing of the Center with nursing staff is 84.5%, which is higher than the average in Russia. Nurses participated in providing care to 37,000 patients of the round-the-clock hospital and providing 860,000 outpatient services. They made presentations at 8 scientific and practical conferences, textbooks and articles were published with the participation of nurses, 6 patents for inventions were obtained, advanced training programs were prepared.

Conclusion. The Medical Research Center is a launching pad for innovative work of nursing staff, continuous improvement of their knowledge and skills. The formation of new motivations is the key to the success of the creative activity of children’s nurses. 

Authors presented ways  to improve the quality of the work of children’s nurses of the research Center that will ensure the expansion of the functions of nursing specialists, allow the development of average medical staff in the profession and fully use their capabilities for the qualified provision of nursing care to children.

Contribution:
Biryukova E.G., Fisenko A.P. — research concept and design of the study;
Biryukova E.G., Borisov I.A. — collection and processing of material;
Biryukova E.G. — statistical processing;
Biryukova E.G., Borisov I.A. — writing the text;
Komarova O.V. — editing.
All co-authors — approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article. 

Acknowledgment. The study had no sponsorship.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Received: June 07, 2022
Accepted:  June 10, 2022
Published: July 14, 2022

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