Home Nursing Station Manager’s Intention and Factors in Recruitment of New Graduate Nurses

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify the intentions and related factors regarding the hiring of new graduate nurses (hereinafter, new graduates) at home nursing stations (hereinafter, stations) through a questionnaire survey sent to station managers (hereinafter, managers). We mailed a questionnaire to 94 facilities in Prefecture A (47.8% response rate; 44 valid responses). The survey contents were related to past recruitment experiences, and intentions and reasons for hiring new graduates. The t-test and χ2 test were used in the analysis. Of all the respondents, 52.3% answered that they had “specific plans” to hire new graduates and were “proactively considering” it. With regard to factors related to hiring intention, the results indicated that the major factors were length of experience as a manager (p = .001), the shortness of time from establishment, and the number of users and visits per month (p <.05 each). In addition, the multiple regression analysis revealed that the number of years of experience as a visiting nurse was also a related factor. Managers who intend to hire new graduates have many years of experience, and their stations are in high demand in the community. In such cases, hiring new graduate nurses is considered a strategy for sustainable management.