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Development of nurses with specialties: the nurse administrators’ perspective
Author(s) -
ONISHI MAMI,
SASAKI MINAKO,
NAGATA AYAKO,
KANDA KATSUYA
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00882.x
Subject(s) - nursing , human resources , qualitative research , nursing management , focus group , career development , nurse administrator , perspective (graphical) , human resource management , professional development , process (computing) , service (business) , content analysis , psychology , medicine , medical education , medline , business , knowledge management , sociology , management , social science , marketing , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , law , economics , operating system
Aim This study clarified how Japanese nurse administrators consider the current status and future prospects of development and utilization of nurses with specialties. Background The demand for specialized nurses is not satisfied throughout the country. Methods Nine nurse administrators participated in three focus‐group discussions. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis technique. Results On development of specialized nurses, four categories were abstracted: offering opportunities for career development; establishing an environment of life‐term continuous learning; providing well‐balanced support for the needs of organizations and individual nurses; and support for career development as a specialist. Conclusions To develop specialized nurses effectively it is important to focus more attention on qualitative aspects of nurses’ professional experience in in‐service education and to support appropriate personnel for strategic human resource development. Implications for Nursing Management Facilitating frequent contacts between specialized and general nurses should be highly valued as making an environment where nurses can face career goals daily leads to steady preservation of human resources. It is necessary for nurse administrators to keep human resources quantitatively and to clarify the developmental process after nurses obtain special roles to plan for continuous education.