Introduction. The XXI century’s priority is to identify potentially “weak” links in human health, which allows changing your diet, habits, physical activity in time, and choosing a personal schedule for taking vitamins and trace elements. A special mission in this context belongs to the average medical staff, represented by several generations of specialists. The aim is to develop the concept of “human capital of a medical institution” and criteria for its evaluation on the example of nursing staff. Materials and methods. Audit of work plans of chief nurses, councils of nurses, a sociological survey of 405 nurses to identify professional burnout, and respondents‘ analysis of the environment of a medical institution that promotes the development of nursing competencies from vertical and horizontal interaction. Results. Authors develop definitions of the concept of “human capital of medical institutions and proposed tools for its assessment. Conclusion. The environment that includes the organization of the workplace; management aimed at creating vertical and horizontal systems of interaction; motivation that contributes to the professional and personal growth of nursing staff determine the development of the human capital of medical institutions.

Introduction. The most important area of work of medical and nursing staff is the development of children’s healthcare and the provision of qualified personnel for medical institutions. To care for patients, it is necessary to master increasingly complex medical and technical knowledge and master new skills, and improve those already acquired. High-tech medical care is a complex of medical and diagnostic medical services conducted in the conditions of research centers, one of which is the National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health of the Ministry of Health of Russia (hereinafter the Center), using complex and unique medical technologies with significant resource intensity. The purpose of the work: to establish the features of the professional activity of the specialists of the nursing link of the medical research center and to determine the ways of further development of nursing care. Materials and methods. The data of the personnel records of the Center and the data of the Federal Statistical Observation in Russia and Moscow, own data of surveys and questionnaires are analyzed. Results. 35% of the Center’s nurses were found to have the highest qualification category. The staffing of the Center with nursing staff is 84.5%, which is higher than the average in Russia. Nurses participated in providing care to 37,000 patients of the round-the-clock hospital and providing 860,000 outpatient services. They made presentations at 8 scientific and practical conferences, textbooks and articles were published with the participation of nurses, 6 patents for inventions were obtained, advanced training programs were prepared. Conclusion. The Medical Research Center is a launching pad for innovative work of nursing staff, continuous improvement of their knowledge and skills. The formation of new motivations is the key to the success of the creative activity of children’s nurses. Authors presented ways to improve the quality of the work of children’s nurses of the research Center that will ensure the expansion of the functions of nursing specialists, allow the development of average medical staff in the profession and fully use their capabilities for the qualified provision of nursing care to children.