Development of a career-orientation scale for public health nurses
Development of a career-orientation scale for public health nurses作者机构:Department of Human Health Sciences Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto Japan Department of Human Nursing Sonoda Women’s University Amagasaki Japan
出 版 物:《Open Journal of Nursing》 (护理学期刊(英文))
年 卷 期:2013年第3卷第1期
页 面:16-24页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Career Orientation Development of Scale Professionalism Public Health Nurse Significance of Working
摘 要:Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop a career-orientation scale for public health nurses (PHNs) and to validate the scale. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were sent to 7170 PHNs in 10 prefectures. A retest survey was sent to 252 participants. Results: The valid responses from 2003 PHNs in the first survey were analyzed for major factors by varimax rotation. The analysis resulted in five orientation factors and 19 items being selected. The cumulative contribution ratio was 46.9%, and Cronbach’s coefficient alpha was 0.863. The exact match ratio of test-retest was 59.7% (from 47.7% to 72.1% for each item and from 12.0% to 92.0% for each participant). Conclusions: The reliability and validity of this survey were confirmed;however, further research is required to confirm the reproducibility. This scale can be used as a self-assessment tool when managers need to advise their staff on career development.