“Homeru- Katsudou” in the nursing part effort

Abstract

To improve nurses' motivation, we performed the “Homeru-Katsudou”, an active praising action for nurses with each other in our hospital, in which the deputy nurses in charge of education played a major role. Taking account for the results of the “Homeru-Katsudou” last year, we conducted the second year “Homeru-Katsudou” based on the slogan that was as follows：Be proactive in creating an attractive workplace, and award yourself with magic words. The aim of this study included 1) creating a good workplace environment, in which we could mutually recognize each other with continuous action of the “Homeru-Katsudou”, and 2) gaining recognition from others through the “Homeru-Katsudou”, leading to an improvement of nurses' motivation. The “Homeru-Katsudou”, using self-management paper and thank you cards of the season, made an improvement of nurses' motivation, particularly in nurses in their twenties. These results indicated that the workplace environment, in which the staffs could recognize each other, made their feelings positive, intensified their self-affirmation, and improved their motivation. We suggest that “Homeru”(praising others) action is necessary for nursing education because it appears identical to recognizing others.