Thompson Margaret C
Croft-Taylor Consulting, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, USA.
AAOHN J. 2010 Jan;58(1):27-39. doi: 10.3928/08910162-20091223-01.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services obtains information about U.S. registered nurses through the periodic National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN). Occupational health nurses comprise less than 1% of the U.S. nursing population and published NSSRN reports usually include only estimates of the total occupational health nurse population and minimal information about occupational health nurses' characteristics. The objectives of this study were to develop a knowledge base of occupational health nurses' characteristics; examine characteristics that may influence entry and retention in occupational health nursing practice; and explore indications of demand for occupational health nurses. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in a secondary analysis of data from recent (1992 to 2004) NSSRN. The findings are reported in two parts. This article, Part I, provides descriptive data about occupational health nurses based on responses to the 1992 through 2004 NSSRN questionnaires. Part II will provide findings from analysis of 2004 responses indicative of occupational health nurses' entry, retention, and demand characteristics.
美国卫生与公众服务部通过定期开展的注册护士全国抽样调查（NSSRN）获取有关美国注册护士的信息。职业健康护士在美国护士群体中所占比例不到1%，已发表的NSSRN报告通常仅包括职业健康护士总人数的估计值以及关于职业健康护士特征的极少信息。本研究的目的是建立职业健康护士特征的知识库；研究可能影响进入和留在职业健康护理实践领域的特征；并探索对职业健康护士的需求迹象。在对近期（1992年至2004年）NSSRN数据进行二次分析时使用了描述性和推断性统计方法。研究结果分两部分报告。本文第一部分根据对1992年至2004年NSSRN问卷的回答提供了有关职业健康护士的描述性数据。第二部分将提供对2004年回答的分析结果，这些结果表明了职业健康护士的进入、留存和需求特征。
