title: The Current Status of Nursing Professionalism Among Nursing Faculty in Japan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The faculty of nursing schools plays an important role in the successful execution of nursing education. Therefore, faculty behavior strongly affects the professional development of nurses. However, few studies have examined professional nursing behaviors from the perspective of nursing faculty.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Members of nursing faculty in Japan were surveyed regarding their perspectives on behaviors related to professionalism.
  
  
  METHODS
  The model, Miller's Wheel of Professionalism in Nursing, was used as the theoretical framework. The Behavioral Inventory for Professionalism in Nursing (BIPN) was completed by 74 full-time nursing faculty who were currently working at 10 institutes of nursing education in Japan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean BIPN score for the participants was 11.56 (SD = 6.08) of a possible total of 27. The highest and lowest BIPN category scores were for "research development, use, and evaluation" and "community service," respectively. Professionalism was found to relate significantly to higher educational preparation (F = 32.17, p < .0001). The Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test found a significant association between having a graduate degree and higher scores for professionalism (p < .0001). The Spearman correlation coefficient was significant and positive for the relationship between professionalism and both educational preparation (r = .85, p < .0001) and number of years as a nursing educator (r = .31, p = .0077).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results support the idea that a higher level of educational preparation and more years of experience as a member of a nursing faculty are associated with higher levels of nursing professionalism. The professional behavior scores suggest that "community service" is an issue that requires further improvement among Japanese nursing faculty. Awareness of extrinsic factors such as education is important to maximize nursing professionalism. The findings of this study may help nursing faculty continue their self-development.
authors.affiliation: 1PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, R&D Laboratory for Innovative Biotherapeutics Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan 2PhD, RN, Research Fellow, Department of Medical Education and General Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 3PhD, MD, FAHA, Professor, R&D Laboratory for Innovative Biotherapeutics Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan 4PhD, RN, Executive Officer, Japan Nursing Association, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kikuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taketomi
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yonemitsu
authors.forename: Rieko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D000068616:Professionalism / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires