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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Current Status of Role Model Behaviors of Nursing Faculty in BSN Programs in Japan
Hiroe Miura, RN, DNSc1, Nobuko Yamashita, DNSc1, Naomi Funashima, RN, DNSc2, Kumiko Hongo, RN, MNs3, Tomomi Kameoka, RN, DNSc4, Patricia Ann Gorzka, PhD5, Toshiko Nakayama, RN, DNSc4, and Midori Sugimori, RN, BLL6. (1) School of Nursing, Gunma Prefectural College of Health Science, Maebashi, Japan, (2) School of Nursing, Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan, (3) school of Nursing, Saniku Gakuin College, Tokyo, Japan, (4) Nursing Education, National College of Nursing Japan, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan, (5) Continuing Professional Devlepment, University of South Forida, Tampa, FL, USA, (6) Gunma Prefectural College of Health Science, Gunma Prefectural College of Health Science, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
BACKGROUND: In Japan, in 2006, there are 146 BSN programs, fifty ADN programs, and 770 diploma programs in nursing, and the focus of this study is on nursing faculty in BSN programs in Japan. OBJECTIVE: To explore the current status of role model behaviors of nursing faculty in BSN programs in Japan.
METHODS: The participants of this study were nursing faculty working at BSN programs in Japan. The participants received two instruments by mail and completed them. The first instrument was the Self-Evaluation Scale on Role Model Behaviors for Nursing Faculty (RMBNF-J) developed to measure the role model behaviors of nursing faculty, and it has well-established reliability and validity. The RMBNF-J has 35 items with 5-point Likert-type scale (from1“almost never” to 5“always”), and the 35 items were grouped into 5 subscales. The second instrument is the Faculty Attribute Questionnaire (FAQ-J) developed to examine the 23 attributes of nursing faculty. The data from the nursing faculty were analyzed statistically.
RESULTS: The valid data were 65. All participants were working at the BSN programs. Sixty-two(95.4%) of 65 were female, and 2(3.1%) were male. More than half were over 35 years old. The mean of all items in RMBNF-J was 3.7(SD=.6), and the mean of all items in each subscale was as follows: (1)Behaviors that show matured sociality(mean=3.6,SD=.7), (2)Behaviors that shows respect to students(mean=4.0,SD=.6), (3)Behaviors that shows value of nursing practice and nursing profession(mean=3.8,SD=.7), (4)Behaviors oriented enthusiastic and high quality teaching activities(mean=3.6,SD=.7), and (5)Behaviors oriented ongoing professional development(mean=3.4,SD=.8). IMPLICATIONS: The subscale that nursing faculty in Japan obtained more than 4.0 was only “Behaviors that shows respect to students,” and the rest of the subscales were scored under 4.0. The subscale with the lowest score was “Behaviors oriented ongoing professional development.” It is important to provide opportunities for improving “Behaviors oriented ongoing professional development.”