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Ways of developing educational programs that might open the door to BSN program applicants.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09557222
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field Nursing
Research InstitutionHealth Sciences University of Hokkaido

Principal Investigator

NAKAJIMA Kieko  Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Sohool of Nursing and Social Services, Professor, 看護福祉学部, 教授 (90009613)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MINAMI Hiroko  College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (70094753)
MAEHARA Sumiko  Mie Prefectural College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (80009612)
NAKANISHI Mutsuko  Kobe City College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (00070681)
INAOKA Fumiaki  Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (40151568)
HIGUCHI Yasuko  Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (50198991)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000)
KeywordsBSN program / Bachelor degree holders / Opening the door to a BSN program
Research Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate ways of developing programs for nurses who do not have a bachelor degree to obtain a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). Four hundred and eighty one hospitals in 13 ordinance-designed cities and 570 all occupational nursing schools in Japan were participated in this study, and 1290 self-reporting questionnaires were obtained from workers in these facilities. The standard educational path for both hospital and occupational nursing school workers who had earned a bachelor degree was as follows : High school 3 years occupational nursing school College (with a major other than nursing : 86%). A college correspondence course was found to be a particularly popular way of earning a bachelor degree. However, the number of people who have earned a bachelor degree from a regular course has been increasing recently. The ratio of nurses who go to colleges to earn the bachelor has been increasing since 1985, and the number of applicants over 40 years old has increased remarkabiy since 1995. The average number of years to complete a bachelor program was 5.9.Half of the subjects answered that they would have chosen a BSN program because of its educational level if conditions would have allowed it. However, many of them pointed out that conditions such as necessity of continuing a job while studying and geographical situation were problems. A large number of people expected to be able to continue their community life and job when they considered of going to college, but half of them gave up with going to BSN program for this reason. Colleges and universities that offer a BSN program need to develop various credit transferring systems in order to improve current conditions. If programs different from basic nursing education are needed for transferred students, the content of the program, the organization, and the number of faculty members need to be restructured.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 中島紀恵子: "平成11年版看護白書 「専修学校卒業生の大学編入の受け入れ」" 日本看護協会出版会, (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nakajima, K.: Accepting occupational nursing school graduates into a BSN program as transfer students.Kangohakusyo(Nursing White Paper : Annual Report on Nursing). Japanese Nursing Association Publishing Company, Ltd., (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中島紀恵子: "平成11年度看護白書 「専修学校卒業生の編入の受け入れ」" 日本看護協会出版会, (1999)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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