May 12 ushers in the international nurses' day. The theme of this year's nurses' day in China is "caring for nurses and protecting people's health". By the end of 2021, the number of nurses in China had reached 5018000, more than double that in 2012; Nearly 80% of nurses have college degree or above... The National Health Commission held a press conference on the 11th to introduce the development of nursing in China since the 18th CPC National Congress. The development of nursing in China has increased in both quantity and effect With company to raise the temperature of life, with nursing to heal the body and mind of patients, selfless dedication to charge in the front line of anti epidemic... The nurse team has always been an important force in China's health front. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the development of nursing in China has increased in both quantity and effect. Guo Yanhong, supervisor of the medical administration and medical administration bureau of the National Health Commission, introduced that in the past 10 years, the number of nurses in China has increased year by year with an average annual increase of 8%. By the end of 2021, the number of nurses has exceeded 5 million, the number of registered nurses per 1000 population has reached 3.56, and the proportion of male nurses has been increasing. Nearly 80% of the nurses have college degree or above, and the overall quality and professional ability of the nurses have been continuously improved. "In the process of deepening medical reform, priority should be given to front-line and grass-roots posts in terms of salary distribution, professional title promotion, reward and evaluation of nurses." Guo Yanhong said that with the joint support of all sectors of society, a social atmosphere of caring, supporting and caring for the nurse team has gradually formed, and the nurse team has been stable and developed. During the "14th five year plan" period, the development of nursing in China will further complement the weaknesses and strengths. Recently, the national nursing development plan (2021-2025) issued by the National Health Commission proposed that by 2025, the total number of nurses in China will reach 5.5 million, the number of registered nurses per 1000 population will reach 3.8, and the medical care ratio will reach 1:1.2. The structure will be further optimized, and the supply of elderly, traditional Chinese medicine, community and home care services will increase significantly. Diversified service model to improve nursing care for the elderly China is a country with a large population, and the degree of aging is deepening. Guo Yanhong said that China still has a gap in meeting the needs of medical care services for the elderly. Since 2021, China's 15 provinces have carried out pilot work on elderly medical care, innovated diversified elderly medical care service models, and increased the supply of multi-level elderly medical services. Beijing is one of the first pilot cities of "Internet + nursing service". Li Ang, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, said that at present, the permanent resident elderly population in Beijing is 4.416 million, accounting for 20.2% of the city's permanent population. Now, the demand for medical care of elderly patients is increasing. Beijing has solved the nursing problems of the elderly population by strengthening capacity-building, increasing service supply, cultivating nursing practitioners, deepening the connotation of elderly nursing services, establishing an elderly nursing demand evaluation mechanism, and providing comprehensive, whole process and overall services for elderly inpatients. Among them, Beijing has trained nearly 5000 medical nurses in recent three years, and the proportion of elderly nursing practitioners in the city has reached 93%. Grass roots health institutions provide day care for the disabled and elderly, including home care and family sickbeds. Nursing work is developing towards more specialization Protect people's health and illuminate the light of life. With the continuous development of social economy and medical technology, the construction of nursing team in China is moving towards a higher level of specialization. Li Fan, executive chief nurse of the emergency department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, believes that nurses use professional, technical and scientific means to carry out disease treatment, and gradually develop towards more specialization. Li Fan introduced that for example, PICC catheter can reduce vascular injury, provide stable intravenous infusion pathway for patients, ensure the safety of patients to the greatest extent, and reflect the professionalism of intravenous treatment nurses. There are also many specialties, such as tumor specialty, diabetes specialty, nutrition specialty, etc. only by constantly giving play to the specialty of nursing, can we meet the diversified professional nursing needs and continuously improve the quality of nursing. Zhang Ying, head nurse of the surgical anesthesia department of China Japan Friendship Hospital, who has 30 years of working experience, said: "characteristic nursing should be accompanied by characteristic medical treatment, and nursing can go hand in hand with medical treatment. When I first started my career as a nurse, I felt that the requirements for professional quality were first of all diligence, bacteria free technology and strict, and the continuous innovation of new technology required the nurse team to have more knowledge and more active thinking." At the same time, the development of nurses in China is inclined to the grass-roots level to meet the needs of grass-roots health care. In 2021, the number of nurses engaged in grass-roots nursing work in China reached 1.15 million, compared with 528000 in 2012. Over the past 10 years, it has increased by more than 620000, more than doubling. From the perspective of the national medical care ratio, from 1:0.95 in 2012 to 1:1.17 in 2021, the inversion of medical care ratio in China has been reversed. With the advent of the 111th international nurses' day, let the whole society pay more attention to, respect and understand nurses and nursing undertakings, and wish the majority of nursing workers a happy holiday. (outlook new era)