A Study of Career Maturation of Nurses Working in Hospitals and Related Factors
2018 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 42-50
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2018 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 42-50
This study aimed to clarify the career maturation of nurses working in hospitals and the related factors in order to provide basic data for support career selection of nurses in the future. A questionnaire survey was administered for 940 nurses working in hospitals with 500 beds or more in Aprefecture, Japan in 2013. The questionnaire was composed from the Adult Career Maturity Scale (Vocational Career Maturity, Life Career Maturity and Leisure Career Maturity), individual circumstances, workplace environments The number of respondents was 438 and the results were derived by multiple linear regression analysis.
According to the results, the related factors of the Vocational Career Maturity were age, gender, assigned nursing administrative department in theindividual circumstance of the nurses and having a license for public health nurses experiences of Off-the-job training and role models in the workplace environment Moreover, the related factors of the Leisure Career Maturity were assigned to a surgery ward in individual circumstances, existence of a clinical ladder system in the workplace environment and holding chief nurse officer qualifications. However, none of the factors were identified in the nurses' Leisure Career Maturity from the questionnaire. The related factors were partially clarified in the Vocational Career Maturity and Leisure Career Maturity in this study.
Since nurses need to develop their own rich life career as a professional, it is necessary to clarify the factors related to career maturation of nurses in future studies.
