The structure of the perceived professional identity of Japanese public health nurses

Iwasaki, Riho; Kageyama, Masako; Nagata, Satoko

doi:10.1111/phn.12395

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“…Public health nurses often are thought of as having little to do with advanced nursing practice (Ervin, 2007). Public health nurses in Norway (Dahl & Clancy, 2015) and Japan (Iwasaki, Kageyama, & Nagata, 2018) (Edgecombe, 2001;Philibin et al, 2010). For example, without a clear definition of their role, Irish public health nurses label themselves Jack of all trades (Philibin et al, 2010, p. 743).…”

Section: Identity Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Public health nurses often are thought of as having little to do with advanced nursing practice (Ervin, 2007). Public health nurses in Norway (Dahl & Clancy, 2015) and Japan (Iwasaki, Kageyama, & Nagata, 2018) counter this image by framing themselves as nurses who help individuals problem‐solve and become empowered—activities that highlight direct care. Similarly, Irish public health nurses extoll caring for individuals from birth to death (Curtis & Glacken, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Being arealnurse: A secondary qualitative analysis of how public health nurses rework their work identities

Drevdahl

Canales

2020

Nursing Inquiry

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The Latin expression nihil sub sole novum-'there is nothing new under the sun'-applies to today's groundswell of renewed interest in the concept of population health (Neve, Hothersall, & Rodrigues, 2019). Population health is concerned with 'interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations, identifies systematic variations in their patterns of occurrence, and applies the resulting knowledge to develop and implement policies and actions to improve the health and well-being of those populations' (Government of Canada, 2013). Renewed interest is evident in Canada, where a 'population health approach' is being used to reduce health inequities (Cohen et al., 2014), and in the United Kingdom (UK), where the Nursing and Midwifery Council recently revised its competencies to include population health (Lasater, Atherton, & Kyle, 2020). In Australia, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services collaborated with the University of Melbourne to increase the number of population health course offerings (Naccarella, Butterworth, & Moore, 2016), while in the United States, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2019) integrated population health concepts into its vision for nursing education. What has not been considered in exhortations to focus on population health is the role of professional or work identity and the accompanying tension created in trying to move nurse actions to the population health level. Since work identity is critical in determining the 'purpose and worth' of nursing (Willetts & Clarke, 2014, p. 165), it also may be useful in understanding nursing's uptake of population health. The analysis reported here arose from an earlier study whose purpose was to explore factors influencing public health nurses' decisions to obtain a graduate degree (Drevdahl & Canales, 2018). Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with 30 U.S. nurses working in public health. During the interviews, study participants often discussed how they understood their role as public health nurses. Although these data

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Section: Identity Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Public health nurses often are thought of as having little to do with advanced nursing practice (Ervin, 2007). Public health nurses in Norway (Dahl & Clancy, 2015) and Japan (Iwasaki, Kageyama, & Nagata, 2018) counter this image by framing themselves as nurses who help individuals problem‐solve and become empowered—activities that highlight direct care. Similarly, Irish public health nurses extoll caring for individuals from birth to death (Curtis & Glacken, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Being arealnurse: A secondary qualitative analysis of how public health nurses rework their work identities

Drevdahl

Canales

2020

Nursing Inquiry

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“…This level of activity further engages the PHN as a professional. Because PHNs are required to follow a system and meet the needs of the community's as a whole and individual people's needs (Iwasaki, Kageyama, & Nagata, 2018), whenever PHNs experience conflicts they should work for changing the system for both the benefit of individuals and the good of the community.…”

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Validation of the PHNs precepting experiential learning causal model for preceptors of novice public health nurses in Japan

Shimazu

2020

Nursing Open

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Aims The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship among public health nurse (PHN) precepting experiential learning (PHN‐PEL) and the outcomes. Background The government supported PHNs' systematic career development and precepting learners. Design A nationwide questionnaire survey was conducted for PHNs who precepted novice PHNs in governmental units from 2012 to 2015. Methods “PHN Precepting Experiential Learning Scale,” “Professional Development for Public Health Nurses” and “Awareness of Responsibility for Organization” were examined through structural equation modelling. Results Usable responses were 378 (43.5%). Significant relationships were as follows: “Role Performance of Fostering Novice PHN” related to “Self‐development as a PHN” (β = 0.72, p < .001); “Role Performance of Fostering Novice PHN” related to “Sharing to Foster Novice PHN” (β = 0.52, p < .001) and “Sharing to Foster Novice PHN” related to “Improving Career Development Environment” (β = 0.69, p < .001). “Role Performance of Fostering Novice PHN” and “Self‐development as a PHN” related to “Professional Development for Public Health Nurse” (β = 0.31, p < .001; β = 0.29, p < .001). Moreover, “Improving Career Development Environment” related to “Awareness of Responsibility for Organization” (β = 0.33, p < .001).

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“…For example, according to the results of one study in Japan, for the identity of public health nurses, things that were important included intention to develop professionally, confidence in personal ability and professional affinity [21]. But according to another, the importance was placed on providing support to the consulter directly, working as a member of organization, or working for all residents to improve community development [26]. With all the methodological differences, it is commonly emphasized that the crystallized professional identity of health workers legitimizes work, has a positive impact on its quality and protects against turnover.…”

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Looking for professional identity of public health workers in Poland

Cianciara

Sugay

Rutyna

et al. 2018

Polish Journal of Public Health

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Introduction.Public health is a specific field, which deals with an improvement of population health. It is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral activity and requires participation of various workers. All current documents and acts in public health field in Poland emphasize on the performance of specific tasks, but leave aside personal status and competencies. Many aspects were not resolved till now, e.g. which domains should be included in public health workforce, the problem of workforce enumeration: how large this group should be and what competencies should have.Aim. The aim of the study was an attempt to indicate some professional identity components for public health workers.Material and methods. The study was performed applying the semi-structured interviews method using a hermeneutic approach. The informants were a purposeful sample of 12 people who obtained the master's degree in public health and already took up professional work and graduated from two universities. The basic research question was: how do interviewees perceive the public health worker?Results. All respondents, regardless of the place of work, perceived themselves as public health workers and presumably as specialists. Attempts to describe a public health worker led to non-specific and generalized statements. There were no answers revealed to the responsibility issue for effects of work among interviews. Respondents tended to characterize public health worker competencies vertically, by domain categories, not functionally, by public health services, so the issue of key competencies importance for identity is controversial.Conclusions. There are no strong evidences that particular workplaces or core competencies are related to professional identity of public health workers. Universities have an important role in professionalization of such workers.

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The structure of the perceived professional identity of Japanese public health nurses

Cited by 11 publications

References 20 publications

Being arealnurse: A secondary qualitative analysis of how public health nurses rework their work identities

Being arealnurse: A secondary qualitative analysis of how public health nurses rework their work identities

Validation of the PHNs precepting experiential learning causal model for preceptors of novice public health nurses in Japan

Looking for professional identity of public health workers in Poland

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