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Learning Objective 1: The participant can know the support system to the newly graduated nurses in Japan.
Learning Objective 2: The participant can know novice nurse's degree of satisfaction in Japan.
The rate of turnover among novice nurses in Japan is 8.9% according to the 2010 survey by the Japanese Nursing Association. The main reason for the turnover is the large gap between the ability acquired upon completion of basic education and the ability required for working at hospitals. We established a nursing skills support room using the educational resources of the university with the objective of improving the nursing skills required of novice nurses at work. In the present study, we clarified the actual condition of nursing skills support and the satisfaction of novice nurses who received nursing skills support. We aimed to investigate appropriate contents of nursing skills support.
Methods:
A questionnaire survey was conducted during the period from June to November 2010 with 30 novice nurses who received nursing skills support. The questionnaire was anonymous for ethical reasons.
Results:
Fourteen sessions of nursing skills support were provided. Topics included urethral catheterization, infusion management, tubal feeding, inhalation and aspiration, electrocardiography, and venous blood collection. The mean number of participants was 2.14. The motives for participation included “I feel uncertain about my nursing skills (31%),” “I would like to master the skills (20%),” and “I am planning to use the skills in the near future (18%).” All participants achieved the goals of participation, and responded that they could use the nursing skills in clinical practice. Nursing skills which novice nurses wanted to have included in future nursing skills support were hygiene procedures, wound treatment, patient transfer, enema, and hair washing.
Conclusion:
The novice nurses who received the support in the nursing skills support room achieved the goals and were satisfied. However, the nurses want a broad range of nursing skills to be included in the support; therefore, the skills support program needs to be reviewed.
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