The research employed mixed qualitative and quantitative methods. The in-depth, interview of 25 monks and lay people, and the questionnaires of 225 nurses of the Naval Medical Department. The statistics used are percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

From the studies, it is found that:

1) In relation with the general situations of the development of nurse capacity, it is found that:- in ethical aspect, there are lacks of evaluation, indicators, basic information collection, and cultivation of spirit; in vocational aspect, there are lacks of pride in nurse profession, continuity of characteristic developing plan, and no proper role model; in communication aspect, there are lacks of communication skills, technological knowledge for communication, language and information providing related to the profession; and in the aspect of relationship with the service receivers, there are lacks of reinforcement, creation of motivation, giving rewards, life-long process of learning, and no promotion of the profession.

2) The conceptual ideas and theories of capacity development to be used as directions for extracting such energies of knowledge, skills, individual potentialities, abilities and other characteristics of the nurse profession for working efficiently, etc. depend on the development system according to the correct process and means in

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ensuring the organization for developing its personnel’s learning; the practice of the Four Iddhipada Dhamma or the Four Paths of Accomplishment with the more efficient process, the more it will help develop the nurse capacity for working efficiently in accordance with Buddhism. Accordingly, the nurses will love a lot more of their profession, get good effort with no impatience for working and choosing to serve patients, introspect to improve their work for maximum efficiency. This concludes that Iddhipada Dhamma is the tool to help enhancing the nurse capacity set by the organization and it can also help other activities be fulfilled their purposes, too.

3) In various aspects for developing the nurse capacity, i.e. a) the ethical aspect with the process according to Iddhipada Dhamma, it is found that in views of:- ‘Chanda’, love in both profession and others is needed by making plans for nurses to take care and nourish their spirit; in ‘Viriya’, there can be such efforts to take care of the nurses themselves and the patients by arranging teams for consultation to the nurses in ‘Citta’, the cultivation of ideality depends on the wholehearted teaching and giving skills in self-takecare; in ‘Vimamsa’, knowledge and ethical decision making can be done by increasing self-confidence in working and ethics; b) the profession aspect with Iddhipada Dhamma, it is found that in views of:- ‘Chanda’, the encouragement of professional ideality is needed; in ‘Viriya’, the setup of motivation process by the progress of profession is necessary; in ‘Citta’, the cultivation of loving-kindness and compassion is needed; in ‘Vimamsa’, promotion of participation will be needed; c) the communication aspect with Iddhipada Dhamma, it is found that in views of:- ‘Chanda’, heartfelt communication is significant; in ‘Viriya’, communication with knowing one’s feeling is needed; in ‘Citta’, communication with loving-kindness and compassion is practical; in ‘Vimamsa’, the wisdom in communicating with patients is important; d) the aspect of relationship with the service receivers under the process of Iddhipada Dhamma, it is found that in views of:- ‘Chanda’, the promotion of equality and respecting others is significant; in ‘Viriya’, the use of proper effort is important; in ‘Citta’, the adjustment of good self-attitude to others is good;and in ‘Vimamsa’, the working in wisdom with team-work system is powerful.