The will to continue to work of fresh graduate nurses working at a children's ward

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870591
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing; Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical University (2014); Tokyo Metropolitan University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: YASUDA Yumi 東京医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (40551081)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 新卒看護師 / 継続意欲 / 小児病棟

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Semi-structured interviews were conducted, involving seven nurses who had newly graduated from college and worked on a pediatric ward for less than two years wishing to change their jobs, to examine what would motivate them to rethink and continue to work as nurses. The results were analyzed, and the following four themes were extracted: “Change their way of thinking and start to learn from mistakes”, “Have a clear idea of nursing care that they hope to provide, and exert efforts to accomplish their goals”, “Positive responses from children and their parents to help nurses think that ‘they are valued staff members’”, and “Exert efforts while receiving support from others”.

Free Research Field

小児看護