2024 Volume 28 Issue 1 Pages 183-192
This study aimed to examine the effects of self-esteem and job satisfaction on the vocational identity of nurses who completed a training program related to specified medical acts.
A questionnaire survey was administered to 400 nurses who completed the training. The survey included questions on attributes and items related to the specified medical acts, as well as a vocational identity scale for company employees, a self-esteem scale, and a job satisfaction scale.
Responses were obtained from 102 nurses (response rate: 25.5%). The mean score on the vocational identity scale was 44.2 (SD = 7.2). Multiple regression analysis, with vocational identity as the dependent variable, revealed that a high level of satisfaction with the training system (standard partial regression coefficient β = 0.210, p = 0.003), high self-esteem (β = 0.512, p < 0.001), and overall job satisfaction (β = 0.305, p < 0.001) were associated with higher vocational identity. Conversely, not performing the "Adjustment of drug for continuous infusion (diuretic) in accordance with the condition" (β = -0.271, p < 0.001) and not completing the training on "Insertion of PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter)" (β = -0.185, p = 0.010) were associated with lower vocational identity.
The vocational identity of nurses who have completed training in specified medical acts is related to their satisfaction with the training system, self-esteem, overall job satisfaction, and "Adjustment of drug for continuous infusion (diuretic) in accordance with the condition" as well as "Insertion of PICC".
