目的 调查宁夏地区临床护士健康教育能力现状，并分析其影响因素。方法 采用一般资料调查表和中文版护士健康教育能力量表对宁夏地区15所二级及以上公立医院的护士进行问卷调查。结果 942名临床护士健康教育能力总得分为（230.96±19.68）分，总得分率均值为79.64%，健康教育知识、健康教育技能、健康教育情感和态度维度得分率均值依次为78.57%、80.21%和80.73%。得分排后5位的条目集中在健康教育知识维度。多元线性回归分析结果显示，岗位层级、所在医疗机构等级、是否参加过健康教育类培训、是否发表过教学相关论文和平均每日患者健康教育时间是影响护士健康教育能力的因素（P<0.05），可解释总变异的10.4%。结论 942名宁夏地区临床护士健康教育能力处于中等偏高水平，但健康教育知识仍较薄弱。建议进一步通过加强对宁夏地区临床护士的健康教育类培训，提升其健康教育能力，进而充分发挥其在患者健康管理中的主导作用和优势。

Objective To investigate the current status of the clinical nurses’ health education ability in Ningxia，and to explore the main influencing factors. Methods A survey was conducted on nurses from 15 public hospitals in Ningxia autonomous region using a demographic data questionnaire and the Chinese version of Nurses’ Health Education Ability Scale. Results The total score of the health education ability for clinical nurses was（230.96±19.68） points，and the mean total score rate was 79.64%，the items with the lowest five scores mainly focus on the dimension of health education knowledge. The mean score rates of health education knowledge，health education skill，and health education emotion and attitude dimension were 78.57%，80.21% and 80.73% respectively. The bottom five items were concentrated in the dimension of health education knowledge. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that position level，hospital level，whether they had participated in health education training，whether they had published teaching-related papers and the time of health education were the factors affecting nurses’ health education ability，which explained 10.4% of the total variation. Conclusion The health education ability of clinical nurses in Ningxia is at the middle-high level，but the knowledge of health education is still weak. Health education training should be increased for clinical nurses to improve their health education ability，so as to encourage them to play a leading role and advantages in patient health management.