Aim : The aim of this research is to survey the relationship between the practical home care nursing skills that managers of home-visit nursing offices (the offices) expect new nursing school graduates to have mastered and the intentions of those managers to hire them.
Method : We conducted a survey by mailing an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to the managers of 498 Stations in Japan’s “A” Prefecture. (Recovery rate 34.1%, Number of valid responses 168 cases) Chi-square test was conducted between the attainment of the practical home care nursing skills in 73 items such as basic attitudes and nursing practice suited to each client and their intentions to hire new graduates.
Result : The results showed that the managers with no intention to hire were significantly higher in a ratio to expect attainment in 40 out of 73 items in practical home nursing skills than managers with the intention to hire. Among the 32 items of nursing practice suited to each client, the similar result was confirmed in 25 items, to “be able to understand the influence that intervention gave to the client in the condition of acute change”. The managers with the intention to hire were higher in a ratio to expect that students are able to address their individual development needs through independent study.
Conclusion : These results suggested it may be necessary to improve the achievement of practical home care nursing skills in basic nursing education.
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