Factors influencing the formation of professional identity in middle-aged municipal public health nurses

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H07369
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Kobe Women's University
• Principal Investigator: SHOJI Hiroko 神戸女子大学, 看護学部, 講師 (10782063)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 公衆衛生看護 / 市町村保健師 / 職業的アイデンティティ / 複線径路等至性モデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to clarify factors influencing the formation of professional identity in middle-aged municipal public health nurses utilizing the Trajectory Equifinality Model (TEM). We conducted semi-structured interviews with 7 public health nurses. We focused on stories related to professional identity, arranged experiences and actions in chronological order, reflected social background, and noted individual consciousness and perception to construct a path of experience. Analysis compared seven TEM figures. As a result, characteristic features exerting a positive influence on the formation of professional identity in middle-aged nurses’ included life events such as childbirth and the training of junior colleagues. Factors exerting a negative influence included assignment to a department perceived by the individual as unrelated to public health nursing.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護学