Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors related to newly graduated nurses' ability to adapt themselves to work places. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among 187 newly graduated nurses at 15 hospitals in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Nursing Professional Identity Scale was used to measure the 187 nurses' identity in relation to individual characteristics (satisfaction at nursing skills, gratification from one's patients, feeling to patients' recovery, state of burning out, etc.) and their environmental characteristics (job satisfaction, significance of preceptor, support from staff). These characteristics were analyzed in relation to the nurses' adaptability to work places. The resultant factors were "statisfaction at nursing skills, gratification from one's patients, feeling to patients' recovery, state of burning out, job satisfaction support from one's preceptor and support from staff." These factors were regarded as explanatory variables after having conducted multiple regression analysis (step-wise). As a result, three variables, "state of burning out, gratification from one's patients, role models of senior nurses" explained 41.4% of the newly graduated nurses' adaptation to work places.
