Abstract: Objective: To explore the correlation between the Chinese Licensure Examination for Nurse scores and the professional ability of nurses in their first working year. Methods: A total of 267 newly recruited nurses from 2017 to 2019 were recruited by cluster sampling. The pre-job training and first-year rotation training for new nurses were carried out according to the training outline, and the professional ability were assessed after training. The correlation between the Chinese Licensure Examination for Nurse scores and the professional ability of nurses in the first year was analyzed. Results: The total score of the National Nursing Licensure Examination, the pre-job training examination and the normalization examination was (174.85±5.98) points, (173.60±11.94) points and (171.70±9.85) points, respectively. The total score of the Chinese Licensure Examination for Nurse was positively correlated with the total score of the normalization examination (r=0.415, P<0.01). The professional practice score of the Chinese Licensure Examination for Nurse was positively correlated with the normalization theory examination (r=0.049, P<0.01). There is a positive correlation between the practice ability score of the Chinese Licensure Examination for Nurse and the pre-job training operation test score (r=0.121, P<0.05), as well as the operation test score in normalization examination (r=0.140, P<0.01). Conclusion: A positive correlation is detected between the scores of the National Nursing Licensure Examination and nurses' first-year professional ability. It is thus recommended that managers pay more attention to the training of nurses' self-directed learning ability and motor transfer ability, and promote the rapid improvement of practice ability of newly recruited nurses with different backgrounds.

Key words: Chinese Licensure Examination for Nurse; newly recruited nurses; training; professional ability; correlation analysis