Abstract

Background: A lot of researcher have addressed work-life balance as research subject in recent years. These studies concerning work-life balance (WLB) appeared to focus mainly on nurse who had a role of child-care and/or housework. Concerning nurses who were unmarried and had a few years of experience, it remains unclear whether or not an imbalance between their work and private life arise. Objective: This study aimed to clarify the relationship between WLB and the recognition of work environment (NWI-R score) belonged to unmarried nurse working experience of less than 2 years. Methods: The subject of this survey was nurse who were working at two hospitals in Tokai area and Kanto area except for nurses belonged to the department of nursing administration. Data were collected with years of working experience and sex, age, work-life balance (Satisfied/Dissatisfied/Don't know), NWI-R. Results:Respondents were 117 nurses. Nurse had less than 1 year of working experience was 61, and more than 1 year less than 2 years was 56. In terms of WLB, respondents of "satisfied" the balance between their work and private life was 37 nurses and respondents of "unsatisfied" was 36, "Don't know" was 44. As a result of analysis with Kruskal-Wallis test, it was revealed that a significant difference among the NWI-R score of these 3 groups (p=0.0013). Conclusion: The present study suggests the improvement nursing workplace so that nurses could use effectively their time related on private life other than child-care and housework. Disclosure: The author has no conflict of interest.