With expert questionnaire and investigation, this study aimed to build the orthopedic specialized nurses core competence evaluation index system, which was suitable.

At the early stage of this study, literature retrieval method and expert interview were used to build the draft of core competence evaluation index for orthopedic specialized nurse. Then the experts engaged in orthopedic clinical nursing, orthopedic nursing education, nursing management and nursing research, were selected from class a tertiary hospital in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan and etc provinces. With two-round of Delphi survey, the authors integrated the experts′ advice, and the core competence evaluation index system and items of each level were determinate ultimately.

By applying the above methods, the authors established the core competence evaluation index system of orthopedics specialized nurse. The evaluation index system includes 6 primary indexes: professional attitude, professional practice ability, critical thinking ability, nursing management ability, communication ability and the professional development ability. The second indicator had 21 items, and the third indicator had 65 items. After two rounds of Delphi method, the expert positive coefficient were 0.90 and 0.94, the authority coefficient were 0.87 and 0.86, the coordination coefficient was 0.247-0.263.Through the data, expert opinion of index entried to converge, they approved the items more.

Through a series of scientific research methods, the core competence evaluation index system of orthopedic specialized nurse was established. This system may provide comprehensive and quantifiable assessment for orthopedic specialized nurses’ evaluation, and has a guiding significance for training orthopedic specialized nurses in the future.