Journal of Advances in Clinical Nursing

Objective To investigate the current status of nurse innovation patents in a hospital from 2011 to 2021, and to provide data reference for understanding the development trend and characteristics of nursing innovation. Methods The number of nursing innovation applications with our institute as the patentee from 2011 to 2021 is counted. Through the title, age, education, department distribution, technical branches and individual applications for multiple patents for analysis. Results The nursing staff of the hospital applied for 233 patents, 222 utility model patents, 3 invention patents, 6 appearance patents, and 2 software copyrights. From 2013 to 2017, the number of patent applications increased year by year, and the growth slowed down in 2018-2121; most of the job titles of nurses applying for patents were nurses, nurses, and nurses in charge; the age was mainly distributed in 25-44 years old; the education was mainly college and undergraduate; 12 patented technology branches, mainly distributed in devices and cloth categories; Conclusion The nursing innovation patents of our hospital are still in the initial stage of development and the innovative technology content is low. Nursing innovation training is one of the effective ways to enhance the ability of scientific research and innovation; at the same time, it is recommended that the nursing staff of our hospital evaluate the title, obtain the utility model patent and the core thesis to enjoy the same title evaluation conditions, which is conducive to the good and sustainable development of nursing innovation patents.

nursing innovation; patent application; nurse training; effect analysis