2016 Volume 20 Issue 1 Pages 49-60
Objective: This study aimed to make basic data based on clarification of the status of the support to nurses with caring their children or after delivering by hospitals and its influences on continuation of their employment.
Methods: Study subjects were nurse managers in 339 hospitals with more than 200 beds in eight pre-fectures in Japan. Nurse managers responded to questionnaires anonymously. We investigated character-istics of hospitals and nurse managers, the status of workforce, and the support to nurses with caring their children or after delivering by hospitals. Mann-Whitney U test was used for analysis by SPSS.
Results: 122 questionnaires were returned and 110 questionnaires were analyzed. The rate of hospitals which adopt shortened office hours was 42.7% and lowered overwork was 36.4%. The rate of resigna-tion by delivery and caring their children of regular nurses per all regular nurses was 1.0±1.2% and per resigned nurses was 11.3±13.5%. However the rates of hospitals which adopt shortened office hours and lowered overwork were low, the rate of resignation by delivering and caring their children in the hospitals which adopted shortened office hours or lowered overwork was less significantly than which they did not adopt.
Conclusion: It is suggested that the support to nurses with caring their children or after delivering by hospitals as shortened office hours and lowered overwork influenced on continuation of their employment.