Bibliometric analysis of clinical practice ability of Chinese graduate nursing students

Objective To explore the status quo and development trends of clinical practice ability research of Chinese nursing graduate students. Methods Articles about the clinical practice ability of nursing graduate students were searched from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) , Chinese BioMedical Database (CBM) , Wanfang and VIP databases. Bibliometric analysis was performed over the year, journal, author, region and institution, fund, methods and contents of these articles. Results Totally 67 valid articles were included, including 46 studies. 41 journal articles were distributed in 18 journals, and Chinese Nursing Research had the largest number of papers. There were 10 core authors, accounting for a co-authorship rate of 64.18% and a cooperation degree of 2.72. The first authors came from 16 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and most of the research institutions were medical schools. The fund support rate was 52.17%. The top 7 keywords were professional degree, clinical practice model, Delphi method, training model, education, evaluation indicator and analytical hierarchy process. Research topics could be divided into 5 categories. Conclusions The study of the clinical practice ability of Chinese graduate nursing students generally shows an upward trend, and the distribution of research regions and institutions is imbalanced. The core author group has not yet been formed, and the degree of cooperation research is not high. The research content is rich, but the quality and depth of research still needs to be improved. Key words: Nursing care; Education; Graduate; Clinical practice ability; Bibliometrics