The purpose of this research was to evaluate the validity of the nursing career assessment scale by Ishii et al. as a scale to assess one's job career through one's various clinical experiences and continued education.
We examined 123 nurses who participated in the statistical training for nursing research conducted by the Nursing Association of M Prefecture. There are four subscales which are important elements in evaluating one's job career. They are "implementation and pursuit of quality nursing", "formation of personal relations and adjustment", "development of self-capability", "accumulation of diverse experiences". We examined the validity of the
subscales in two ways.
The first was to examine whether there would be recognition differences in score dealing with the importance of such subscale items as the size of the hospital, years of nursing experience, nursing education, role, and position. The results showed that significant recognition differences were not found regarding the importance of the subscale items.
The second was to examine the validity of the items of the subscales by using the known-groups technique. The results showed that there were significant differences in score according to experience, role, position etc.
These results lead to the conclusion that the nursing career assessment scale is an effective scale, when we measure one's job career through various nursing experiences and continued education.