Study of Mid-Career Nurse Workplace Adaptation and Related Factors at Japanese Red Cross Hospitals

Abstract

<Objectives> We sought to clarify the relationships between mid-career nurse workplace adaptation and work performance, personal support, good personal relations, and ease of working environment. <Methods> Mid-career nurses from 91 Japanese Red Cross hospitals performed a self-administered questionnaire survey. Measurement instruments included use of four readily available variables associated with the degree of workplace adaptation: “work autonomy”, “relations with superiors”, “workplace atmosphere”, and “environment accept”. Evaluation of workplace adaptation relationships were performed by analysis of 10 work performance variables, 29 personal support variables, 4 good personal relations variables, and 4 ease of working environment explanatory variables designed by the author. <Results> 187 satisfied the defined research conditions. Analysis of the relationships between workplace adaptation and work performance revealed a strong correlation with “night-shift leader adequate competence” and “day-shift leader adequate competence”. Personal support variables which showed strong positive correlations included 2 head nurse support variables, 2 preceptor support variables, and 5 nursing staff support variables. Good personal relations among nursing staff showed a strong positive correlation with workplace adaptation, while 3 ease of working environment variables showed a weak