Purpose:The purpose of this study is to identify the formative process of professional identity in mid-career municipal public health nurses, and factors that influences its formation.Method: A semi-structured interview was carried out targeting seven mid-career municipal public health nurses, and the results were qualitatively and descriptively analyzed using the Trajectory Equifinality Modeling methods.Results: The formative process of professional identity in mid-career municipal public health nurses was classified into three phases-first "suffering frustration until establishing one's identity," second "acquiring confidence as a public health nurse," and third "responding to career changes." Although the subjects were frustrated due to their lack of competence, they could acquire confidence as a public health nurse by developing relationships with the residents and getting support from people around them. Later, they experienced mid-career growth, even when their environment and roles changed, by confronting changes in circumstances and adjusting their values and awareness. At the same time, they experienced conflict between their roles as a midcareer staff member and as a municipal public health nurse.
Conclusion:To improve the professional identity of mid-career municipal public health nurses, reinforcing the support system for role conflict is suggested to be important. 要 旨 目的:中堅期の市町村保健師の職業的アイデンティティの形成プロセスと影響要因を明らかとする. 方法:中堅期の市町村保健師 7 名を対象に半構造化面接を行い,複線径路等至性モデリングの手法を 受付日:2021 年 9 月 7 日 受理日:2021 年 12 月 12 日 1) 神戸女子大学看護学部看護学科 Kobe Women's University Faculty of Nursing