Employing Skills of Nurses who Have Completed Specialized Nursing Skill Training as Perceived by Nurse Managers

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to identity skills of nurses who have completed specialized nursing skill training (Trained Nurses) employed and as perceived by nurse managers.

Methods: We sent questionnaires with a study participation request by post to nurse managers of 364 facilities in the Kanto Koshinetsu region of Japan, where 912 nurses who have completed specialized nursing skill training were working as of February 2022. We compared the results of the survey by dividing the responses into two groups: Nurse managers perceive that Trained Nurses are employing skills (employing group) and not employing these skills (not-employing group).

Results: We collected 170 responses from 90 facilities (18.6%) : 107 respondents (68.6%) in the employing group, and 43 (27.5%) in the not-employing group. In the employing group, the following items were statistically significantly in common: ‘Support and guidance for subsequently Trained Nurses,' ‘Organizational activities to raise awareness of the training program and the activities of Trained Nurses,' ‘Sharing problems of activities of Trained Nurses and discussing improvement measures,' ‘Activity arrangements for Trained Nurses based on organizational views,' ‘Enabling cross-sectional activities,' ‘Proactive attitude toward the training system,' and ‘Determining who to place in training based on the organizational needs.' In the not-employing group, ‘Difficult to utilize the skills of Trained Nurses' was statistically significantly common.

Discussion: To utilize the Trained Nurse skills, organizations need to share the effects of Trained Nurses and consider assignments enabling Trained Nurses to demonstrate their skills, and Trained Nurses need to establish an education arrangement by themselves.