Abstract: Objective: To establish a specialist nursing team in stroke unit, to train nurses in specialties, and to observe its effect on stroke patients. Methods: The stroke specialist training team construction plan was formulated, the personnel training category was determined, and the domestic frontier training plus in-hospital training method was adopted to train the nurses to cultivate the comprehensive ability and special skills of the nurses. Results: Through five years of training, significant changes had taken place in nursing team in terms of academic structure, professional title structure, and professional qualification certification. For indicators for evaluation of treatment outcomes of stroke patients, there were significant differences in average hospitalization days, average cost, stroke green channel treatment rate, the incidence of nursing complications and the rate of readmission. The indicators in 2017 were better than those in 2012 (P<0.05); and there were significant differences in the compliance rate of the specialist assessment of stroke patients, rehabilitation training, psychological nursing, health education, nutrition management, follow-up management. In 2017, the indicators were better than those in 2012 (P<0.05). What's more, a series of stroke nursing standards were formed, and many academic research results were achieved. Conclusion: The construction of the stroke nursing team can improve the nurses' ability in providing high-quality nursing services for patients, which help achieve the goal of mutual promotion of nursing education and research.

Key words: stroke; team building; professional ability