Current situations of transitions among Japanese Mid-career nurses and developing a self-assessment rating scale for transition conditions within the framework of Meleis Middle-range Theory

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K12178
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Juntendo University (2019-2020); Mejiro University (2017-2018)
• Principal Investigator: Takakuwa Yuko 順天堂大学, 保健看護学部, 准教授 (40738241)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: キャリアトランジション / 中期キャリア看護師 / 尺度開発 / トランジション状況尺度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using Meleis's transition theory framework, we qualitatively and inductively analyzed the transition condition of mid-career nurses, who are at a turning point in their careers. Based on the clarified "transition condition" of mid- career nurses, we created the mid-career nurse transition condition self-assessment scale (TCSAS). After examining the reliability and validity of the scale, the scale was tried and the feasibility of using it was examined. As a result, it was clarified that TCSAS is a measure that has construct validity and reliability, and has discriminative power in essence and reaction pattern. We have created a scale that can be used to self-assessment the transition condition of mid-career nurses.

Free Research Field

看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

測定された尺度の総合点と下位尺度の得点で自身の現在の状況が明らかになり、停滞しているキャリアの状況を浮き彫りにすることが可能となると考える。それは今までの既存のキャリア尺度では測定できなかったキャリアドリフトを含む迷いや、家族や他者を優先しなければならない状況を明確にすることが可能になると考える。本研究で開発したTCSASは、自己のキャリアを内省し、行き詰まりや停滞に気づき、トランジションを促進させる機会をもたらせ、キャリア発達に資することができる尺度であると考えられた。これにより、安易な看護職の離脱を防ぎ、増え続ける潜在看護師化の歯止めとなり得るといえる。