PENGEMBANGAN POLA KARIR PERAWAT KLINIK RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DAERAH TARAKAN JAKARTA PUSAT TAHUN 2008

Abstract

Background: The nurse as a majority health worker in the
health care sector including the hospital has a significant role
in the health care. The value of nursing care that is continuous,
constant, coordinative, and advocative so the preparation,
usage, distribution, and retention of the nurse, has an important
implication to obtain the objectives of health care and its
continuity.
Purpose: This study is conducted to explore the clinical nurse
career pattern development in the Tarakan General Hospital
and to design the career pattern development which suitable
with their role and function.
Method: The qualitative method had been used in this study.
The data collection was done by indepth interview and FGD.
Result: Tarakan Hospital have 245 nurses with the
characteristics as below: 77.96% of total nurses have the
age range of 25 - 44 years old, 61.22% of nurses had working
period > 3 years, 72.24% of nurses had nursing diploma
educational background, and 41.22% of nurses are
governmental officer. The implementation of nurse career
development is not based on the competency test. The nurse
committee also did not play their role as it should be.
Conclusion: The study recommended Tarakan Hospital to
conduct advocacy toward the hospital director board to
determine the regulation of nursing career path remuneration
system based on their career rank in the hospital and to
optimally make the function of nursing committee in formulating
the competency test instrument related to the nursing career
development.
Keywords: career pattern development, clinical nurse, Tarakan
Hospital