The purpose of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of career orientation of the
re-employed nurses. From April to July on 2013, questionnaire survey was conducted against the
nurses of the middle class hospitals in the Chugoku Region of Japan. 107 re-employed nurse data and
120 continued nurse data were compared. On the twenties, percentage of nurses oriented service and
contribution to society was what the former was 23％ and the latter was 46％, showed significant
difference between the two. On the thirties, it was not showed significant difference between the two.
Over the forties were indicated that 58％ of the re-employed nurses and 31％ of nurses are continuing
to work toward service and contribution to society, and showed significant difference between the
two. In addition, 23％ of the re-employed nurses and, 61％ of nurses are continuing to work was
oriented security and stability, showed significant difference between the two. Career-oriented change
is predicted by age, so it was suggested that a proper career management should be carried out in the
manner of fitting the background of each person at the milestone of a career.

本研究の目的は、再就職した看護師のキャリア志向性の特徴を明らかにすることであ
る。2013 年４～７月に、中国地方の200 床以上の病院の看護師を対象に質問紙調査を実施した。
107 名の再就職者と120 名の継続就労者のデータを比較した。年代別にみると、20 代は｢奉仕と
社会貢献｣志向の再就職者が23％、就労継続者46％であり、有意差が認められた。30 代は両者と
も｢保障と安定｣志向が約60％、｢奉仕と社会貢献｣志向が約30％であり差はなかった。40 代以
上では、再就職者の58％と就労継続者の31％が｢奉仕と社会貢献｣志向であり、再就職者の23％
と就労継続者の61％が｢保障と安定｣志向であり、いずれも有意差が認められた。年代によって
キャリア志向の変化が予測されることから、キャリアの節目に一人ひとりの背景に合わせた、適
切なキャリアマネジメントを行うことの必要性が示唆された。