In response to the rapid development and progress of science and technology, hospitals have promoted healthcare innovations to develop highly efficient and economical patient-centred care environments (Weng et al., 2016). As a key force in healthcare services, nurses must constantly innovate to keep pace with the health industry and improve the quality of care (Yan et al., 2020). The American Nurses Association (ANA) defined nurses' innovation ability as the ability to actively seek and develop new methods, new technologies and new tools to promote health, prevent diseases, improve the quality of care of patients, and apply innovation to work through teamwork and reasonable support channels (ANA2016). Yan et al., (2018) defined nurses' innovation ability as the ability to actively seek and develop new methods, new technologies and new tools to promote health, prevent diseases, improve the quality of care of patients, and apply innovation to work through teamwork and reasonable support channels. This study adopts this definition, which includes four elements: innovation subject, innovation process, innovation environment and pressure and innovative products (Yan et al., 2018).
| BACKG ROU N DIn most health systems across the world, nurses provide up to 80% of primary health care (Shahsavari Isfahani et al., 2015). Nurses are critical thinkers on the front lines of care delivery who often innovate by identifying more efficient processes or repurposing items for