Objective To explore the certification management of specialty nurses in China based on the existent problems to provide evidence for practice and decision making for management of the specialty nurses. Methods The modified Delphi technique was applied in this study from July to December 2017. A structured consultation questionnaire based on expert interview and literature review was designed, and modified after preliminary experiment. Then the questionnaires were delivered to 32 nurse experts to complete 3 rounds of Delphi process, which reached consensus gradually. Results The response rates of three round consultations were 96.9% (31/32), 100.0% (31/31), and 96.8% (30/31), respectively. The suggestion rates were 25.8% (8/31), 16.1% (5/31), 0% (0/31), respectively. The familiar coefficient, adjustment coefficient and authority coefficient was 0.82, 0.87 and 0.85, respectively. The experts had the agreement finally for all of the 16 items in the consultation questionnaire, and they formed an expert opinion draft on specialty nurse certification and registration. Conclusion It’s crucial and essential to establish a certification and registration system in China and renew the credentials regularly to promote the management and construction of specialty nurse team.
With the development of science and technology, a large number of advanced technologies are applied to medical equipment, which play an increasingly important role in clinical engineering. Therefore, new requirements are put forward for clinical engineering and clinical engineers in hospitals. This study comprehensively analyzed the training objectives and certification assessment of clinical engineering in many countries around the world. Combined with the current situation in China, it is of reference significance for the discipline construction and certification assessment of clinical engineering at the present stage in China, so as to promote the development of clinical engineering in China and speed up the development and certification of international clinical engineering.