2023 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 13-20
[Purpose] To clarify factors related to the professional autonomy of short-time nurses working in general wards of national university hospitals.
[Method] A self-administered, anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among short-time nurses in their 20s to 40s who worked in general wards of national university hospitals throughout Japan. We used the “Professional Autonomy Scale for Nursing” to analyze the relationship between personal attributes and self-esteem.
[Results] A total of 274 short-time nurses were included in the analysis. The individual attributes of “age”, “number of years of nursing experience” and “number of children” were related to the professional autonomy of short-time nurses. The self-esteem facets that affected the professional autonomy of short-time nurses were “job confidence” and “workplace satisfaction”.
[Discussion] In order to enhance the professional autonomy of short-time nurses working limited working hours, it is suggested that nursing managers should focus on factors related to autonomy, and that in addition to full-time equivalent roles and work allocation, human resource management that incorporates diversity and construction of workplace culture is important.
