Factors Affecting the Collaboration Consciousness of Full-Time Nurses Working with Part-Time Nurses

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the factors affecting the collaboration consciousness of full-time nurses when working with part-time nurses. A survey was conducted of 1,352 full-time nurses working together with part-time nurses at national university hospitals nationwide, using the scale for measuring full-time nurses' consciousness of collaboration with part-time nurses developed by Nanya et al. and an original questionnaire on nurses' attributes. The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient, t-test, and multiple regression analysis. Of the 639 questionnaires returned (47.3% response rate), 590 valid responses were analyzed. In the relationships between the collaboration consciousness total score and subject attributes, there were significant differences in age, number of years of clinical experience, number of years of working experience in the subject's current department, and job title. In the relationship between the collaboration consciousness total score and consciousness with respect to work, there were significant differences in 15 of the questions that asked about consciousness with respect to work. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that with regard to the consciousness of full-time nurses toward work, six items affected their collaboration consciousness total scores: burden of job responsibility, goodness of one's relationships with colleagues, workplace environment in which people can freely express their thoughts, feeling of reward in work, burden of work duties, and ease of using employee benefits.