[Epoch Times, May 30, 2022](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Xu Menger) Recently,Shandong LinyiLanling County People’s Hospital“planRecruitment60 bitTalented Nurse“The news attracted attention. In addition to requiring nurses’ height and weight, the recruitment announcement also required “talent performances” for their professional skills.
Many Chinese media reported that on May 6,Lanling County People’s HospitalThe official website released “2022 Lanling County People’s Hospital OpenRecruitment“Contract System (Non-Compilation) Staff Guide”, the planned number of recruits is 172 in total, and the last column of recruitment positions is “Talented NursePost”, the professional requirements are nursing and midwifery, the planned number of recruits is 60, and the academic qualifications are required to be a junior college or above. The junior college degree is under the age of 30 (born after May 1, 1992); the undergraduate degree is under the age of 35.
Among the “other conditions” in the brochure, candidates with a college degree must first have an interview and then a written test. They must have certain talents and specialties, good image and temperament, standard Mandarin, height of 162cm or more, and body mass index (BMI): between 18.5 and 24.9.”
The brief said that for candidates applying for the talent nurse position, candidates with a junior college degree need to measure their height and weight on the spot, in line with the standard requirements published in the brief, and wait for the hospital’s notification after on-site registration. For candidates who do not meet the height and weight requirements, the hospital will no longer notify the interview and written test.
The brochure also stated that the personnel employed in the talent nurse position, in addition to daily clinical nursing work, also serve as “the backbone of the hospital’s literature and art, image ambassadors, and event explainers”.
According to a mainland upstream news report, the staff of Lanling County People’s Hospital stated that talent shows are required only when applying for talent nurse positions, and candidates should be notified separately of the talent show time. “Talent Nurse Post, our hospital recruits every year.”
As for why so many people were recruited, the other party said: “If you want to take the exam, you can take the exam. The recruitment is because of this demand.”
The Paper reported that Lanling County People’s Hospital has been recruiting talented nurses for several years, and has recruited 130 people since 2019.
After the incident attracted public attention, on the evening of May 26, the Lanling County Health and Health Bureau issued a statement stating that the hospital was required to revise the guidelines to cancel the restrictions on the height, weight and other conditions of the recruitment and related incidents. to investigate.
Lu Media’s commentary said that putting talent above the requirements of professional responsibilities is undoubtedly a bit of putting the cart before the horse. What’s more, do talents and talents have to be linked to personal image temperament and body mass index? Secondly, 60 “talent nurses” are recruited at every turn. Is there really such a large demand for the hospital involved to participate in talent activities? Will this exclude those candidates who do not have talent and expertise, but fully meet the professional requirements?
On May 30, the topic of “a public hospital in Shandong recruiting ‘talented nurses'” appeared on the hot search, and mainland netizens bombarded it again and again.
“Plastic surgeon Gao Junming” said, “Just now the head nurse joked with me that to comply with this requirement, the nursing department of our hospital will have to be reorganized. My plastic surgery hospital has such high requirements for appearance, and I dare not take these conditions. Go to the nurse’s post.”
“Uncle Mobile” said, “The hospital is a place to save lives and help the wounded. It doesn’t need any talent show. Doing your job well is better than anything else!”
“XXXXXXuuuuuuu-” he said, “To study a nursing major, you still need to be proficient in eighteen talents? Can the status of nursing be improved? … There are so many protection laws, but none of them are really considered for nurses. Heartbroken.”
“Lemon Tree 0115” said, “Is it not just this one? Many hospitals are like this.”
Responsible editor: Lin Congwen