Abstract: Objective: To describe the current situation of nursing management of common complications in bedridden patients at the department level. Methods: We investigated head nurses from 158 departments of tertiary hospitals, 61 departments of secondary hospitals and 21 departments of primary hospitals in 6 provinces with selfdesigned questionnaire. Results: Among the investigated departments, only 35.80% carried out risk assessment for the four common complications, and 84.58% had patient follow-up programs. Fifty-five percent of departments had specialist nurses, and these specialist nurses were 12.93% of all nurses. The proportion of departments that had specialist nurses and the implementation rate of nursing interventions for complications in tertiary hospitals were better than those of secondary and primary hospitals (P<0.05). Meanwhile, the proportion of specialist nurses in primary hospitals was less than those in tertiary and secondary hospitals. Conclusion: Nursing management for common complications of bedridden patients at the department level should be improved. Nurse managers should pay more attention to the training and the use of specialist nurses, and develop follow-up programs. At the same time, it was also very important to develop detailed and evidencebased nursing standards for common complications of bedridden patients, and to apply them in all hospitals.