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Nursing professionalism: A national survey of professionalism among J apanese nurses
Author(s) -
Tanaka Michiko,
Yonemitsu Yoshikazu,
Kawamoto Rieko
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12201
Subject(s) - nursing , descriptive statistics , nurse education , medicine , test (biology) , post hoc analysis , descriptive research , psychology , sociology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , biology , social science
The aim of this study was to quantify the professionalism of nurses in J apan. The J apanese version of the Behavioural Inventory for Professionalism in Nursing was conducted as a national survey. Computer‐generated random selection of nurses in J apan obtained responses from 1501 nurses. A descriptive design examined the levels of and differences in nursing professionalism. Comparisons of the total level of professionalism in educational preparation, current position, years of experience, and current practice setting were analysed by one‐way analysis of variance and post hoc T ukey– K ramer multiple comparison test. The results revealed that Japanese nurses had low levels of professionalism, and professionalism was related significantly to higher educational preparation, years of experience as a nurse, and current position as a nursing administrator or faculty. The results can be used as a benchmark for continued assessments of the level of nursing professionalism and for further development of nursing professionalism.