非管理職中高年看護師の組織内キャリア発達支援―

看護師長が支援方法を具体化していくプロセス

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The purpose of this study was to clarify the process of the chief of of nurses' cognition of "support for in-house career development" of non-supervisory, middle-aged and older nurses, whose proportion in the workplace is expected to increase in the future. Semi-structured interviews of 16 chief of nurses were conducted, and the responses were analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach. The results revealed that the chief of nurses' cognition process involved 3 steps. In the step of "grasping phenomena", they cognized the and . In the step of "focusing on problems", they cognized the and . Finally, in the step of "realizing support methods", they cognized the . Previous nursing management studies have not specifically dealt with support for in-house career development of non-supervisory, middle-aged and older nurses, but the results of the present study suggested that in providing support for the career development of non-supervisory, middle-aged and older nurses, chief of nurses need to help these nurses have a better sense of the distance between individuals and organizations.