Modelling nursing competence: the exploration of its antecedents and consequences

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463303
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Yasuda Women's University (2015-2016); Hiroshima University (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: Takase Miyuki 安田女子大学, 看護学部, 教授 (50437521)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IMAI Takiko 安田女子大学, 看護学部看護学科, 准教授 (80538439) ; NIITANI Mayumi 広島大学, 大学院医歯薬保健学研究院, 講師 (30326441)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 看護実践能力 / 離職意思 / 職場環境 / 職場学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aims of this study were to 1) explore factors contributing to the development of nursing competence, and to 2) identify how nursing competence could influence the nurses’ work behaviours. The antecedents and the consequences of nursing competence were explored through a series of questionnaire surveys distributed to nurses. As a result, the following implications were derived: 1) nursing competence may be improved through workplace learning, and the workplace learning may be facilitated by a congruence between nurses’ personality traits and work environment characteristics, and 2) nurses with a high level of competence tend to experience a low level of exhaustion and a high level of organisational commitment, thus are less likely to think of leaving their jobs.

Free Research Field

基礎看護