Survey On The Status Of Career Management And Career Planning Of Nurses

OBJECTIVETo investigate the status of career management and of career planning for nurse; To explore the relationship between career managemnt and career planning for nurse.METHODSFollowing the psychometric procedure, the questionares of career management and of career planning writtened by Professor Long were revised. 640 nurses coming from four hospitals at the level of gradeⅢand gradeⅡwere recruited by facilitating the cluster sampling method and filled the qustionares including common questionare, career management questionare and career plannig questionare.RESULTS(1) The score of overall career management for nurse was 38.04±7.86,the score on domains of justice in promotion was better than that of valueing training and providing career information and promotion in career self-development. (2) The total score of career management for nurse aged 25 or younger was higher than that of any other group ; the total score of career management for nurse with 5 service years was higher than that of other groups; the total score of career management for nursing staff with professional titel of nurse was higher than that of other groups; the total score of career management for nurse manager was higher than that of nurse; the score on demesion of providing career information and on promotion in career self-development for nurse with bachelor degree was lower than that of other group; the score on demesion of providing career information and on promotion in career self-development for contracted nurse was higher than that of organizational nurse; the total score of career management for unmarried nurse was higher than that of married nurse; the total score of career management for nurse whose monthly imcome was less than 1000, was higher than that of other groups.(3) The score of overall career planning of nurse was 35.12±6.07,the score on four domains was in the following order: continuing studying, establishing career goal and strategy, self-demostration , attaching personal relationship.(4) The score on demesion of establishing career goal and strategy for nurse aged 25 or younger and for nurse with 5 service years was higher than that of any other group; the total score of career planning for nurse with professional titel of nurse was higher than that of other group; the score of career planning for nurse manager was higher than that of nurse; the score on demesion of continuing studying for nurse with bachelor degree was higher than that of other group; the score on demesion of establishing career goal and strategy of contracted nurse was higher than that of organizational nurse; the total score of career planning for unmarried nurse was higher than that of married nurse; the score on demesion of establishing career goal and strategy for nurse in the general ward and in the intensive care unit was higher than that of nurses in out patient department and in paramedical units; the total score of career planning for nurse whose monthly imcome was less than 1000, was higher than that of other groups.(5) The score of career planning for nurse was positively correlated with the score of career management for nurse.(6) Major factors influencing career management for nurse were attaching personal relationship and establishing career goal and self-demostration. Major factors influencing career planning for nurse were providing information and justice in promotion.CONCLUSION(1) The score of career management and career planning for nurse were all at the middel level.(2) The social and demographic factors affected career management for nurse were age, service years, professional title, duty, marital status, education degree, establishment, month imcome. (3) The social and demographic factors affected career planning for nurse were age, service years, department, professional title, duty, marital status, education degree, establishment, month imcome.(4) The career management and career planning were interactive and cooperative. It can trigger nurse to plan her career by perfecting the system of career management. It is beneficial for hospital administrator to establish and to inact mesurement of career management when nurse attaching career planning.