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Relationships Between Self-Directed Learning Readiness, Self-Directed Learning Ability and the Characteristics of Japanese Nurses

Saturday, 29 October 2011

Misae Ito, RN, RMW, PhD
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Keiko Hattori, RN, MNPC, PhD
Department of Nursing Faculty of Haelth and Welfale, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Japan
Takahiro Kakeda, MSN, RN, PHN
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki-city, Okayama, Japan

Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to understand the positive factors influenced on Self-Directed Learning Readiness and self-directed learning ability.

Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to consider promoting the surroundings in order to accomplish nurse’s own growth.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationships among the Self-Directed Learning Readiness (SDLR), self-directed learning ability, and the demographic characteristics such as professional years, employment position, educational status, and types of hospital, etc.; one’s will to work continuously, to enter the next stage of education, and to acquire qualification; or the existence of nursing role model.

Methods: 1665 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to Japanese nurses working at six general large hospitals in this study. The consent to the use of the SDLR scale (Gulglielmino, 1977) and the self-directed learning ability scale (Nishimura, 1995) were given by the authors.

Result: 727 nurses responded to the survey. There were 28 males and 699 females with the age of 35.0±10.1 years, and the period of working as a nurse were 12.8±9.8 years.The statistical differences among SDLR scores, the self-directed learning ability scores, types of hospitals, employment position, one’s will to work continuously and to acquire qualification and the existence of nursing role model.

Conclusion: It is important for nurses to promote the SDLR and self-directed learning ability by having one’s objectives in order to accomplish one’s own growth through one’s life.

This study was partially supported by the Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare Scientific Research Fund.

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