2009 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 22-31
We tried the research to aim at the visualization of the nursing labor environment for the nursing labor environment improvement of Japan. The investigation targeted all 1193 person the nurses in five hospitals. We used the questionnaire concerning the nursing labor environment developed by researching hospital "Magnet hospital" that attracted the nurse of the United States (Nursing Work Index- Revised;NWI-R) by this investigation. There was no Japanese version to which this questionnaire was standardized. Therefore, a Japanese version was developed. In addition, after the reliability had been examined, the validity of the construct extracted by the factor analysis was examined. The item extracted by the factor analysis is showing of the construct of the nursing environment of Japan. As a result, it was the entire coefficient of reliability α=0.879, and the extracted factor was 0.5 or more. The following six were obtained as a consequence of the factor analysis and a nursing organization construct of Japan. ① Nursing administrator's management skills, ② Nursing practice environment as professional, ③ Nurse-Doctor's relationship, ④ Staff assignment, ⑤ Career up support, ⑥ Individual standpoint in nursing organization.
