International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To summarize the existing problems and countermeasures of bed allocation in a third class grade A general hospital. Methods Through analysis based on the process of bed allocation in the past three years, problems including repulsive attitude towards bed deployment during the process, frequent transfer of patients across departments, random incoming of patients who needed to be allocated, deficient popularity of bed appointment, decentralizing deployment of patients, difficulty in issuing medical advice timely were summarized, countermeasures pointed at those problems were studied and put into practice. Results A total of 26705 inpatients were deployed, which showed an increasing trend with each passing year；compared with 2020, the information- based inpatient appointment increased 64.37%, the waiting time of patients was less than 1 day, and the transfer rate across departments decreased 5.65%；the patient satisfaction rate reached 96.40%. Onclusion The concept of ‘one bed across the whole hospital’ prompted up by bed allocation still needed to be deepened and implemented from multiple levels and angles, and with the help of information system optimization, the development of bed management would be strengthened to the vertical depth.

Third Class Grade A General Hospital, Bed Allocation, Bed Management