社会人経験のある看護師の語りからみえた職業継続につながる看護師の職業的魅力

Draws for Continuing to Work in Nursing Profession Reported by Nurses with Other Work Experience

要旨

　目的：社会人経験のある看護師の語りから，職業継続につながる看護師の職業的魅力を明らかにする．

　方法：社会人経験のある看護師15名に職業継続に関する半構造化面接を行った．録音データから逐語録を作成し，前職と比較して看護師の仕事の良さが語られている部分を質的記述的に分析した．

　結果：2つのコアカテゴリーと6つのカテゴリー，13のサブカテゴリーが抽出された．コアカテゴリー〈経済基盤の強さ〉はカテゴリー【強い経済力】【職の得やすさ】【自分のワークスタイルに合わせて選べる多様な勤務形態】で構成され，コアカテゴリー〈仕事そのものの面白さ〉はカテゴリー【職場環境と患者におこる毎日の変化】【職務における自己裁量の広さ】【看護の奥深さ】で構成された．

　結論：職業継続につながる看護師の職業的魅力は，経済基盤の強さと仕事そのものの面白さであった．特に看護の奥深さは，看護師特有の職業的魅力であることが鮮明となった．

　Objectives: To investigate the draws for continuing to work in nursing profession reported by nurses with other work experience.

　Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 nurses who had other work experience. Recordings of the interviews were transcribed verbatim. Further, the items reported as positive elements in nursing compared with the previous work experience of the respondents were investigated using qualitative descriptive content analysis.

　Results: Overall, 2 core categories (represented by the symbols “< >”), 6 categories (represented by the symbols “ [ ] ”), and 13 sub-categories were extracted. <Strength of the economic infrastructure> was constructed by [Strength of the economic infrastructure], [Ease of jobhunting], and [Variety of work shifts available to suit lifestyle]. <Engaging nature of the work> was constructed by [Variety in the workplace environment and patients each day], [The level of discretion in decision-making in their jobs], and [The profundity of the nursing profession].

　Conclusions: The largest draws for continuing to work in nursing profession were the strength of the economic infrastructure and the engaging nature of the work. This study clearly indicates that the profundity of the nursing profession is a draw of the job which is peculiar to the nurse.