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Experience of clinical adaptation of a nurse who obtained a license for a Korean nurse after leaving North Korea

북한이탈 후 한국간호사 면허를 취득한 간호사의 임상적응 경험

  • Kim, HeeSook (Department of Nursing, Dongnam Health University) ;
  • Lee, Do-Young (Department of Nursing, Changshin University) ;
  • Seo, Im-sun (Department of Nursing, Catholic Kwandong University)
  • 김희숙 (동남보건대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 이도영 (창신대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 서임선 (가톨릭관동대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2018.10.29
  • Accepted : 2019.01.20
  • Published : 2019.01.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the experience and adaptation of North Korean defector who acquired Korean nurse license and living as a nurse in depth through qualitative data. The study sampled 7 North Korean defector nurses who can express their experiences well, and applied Colaizzi's phenomenological qualitative research method to draw out 5 theme clusters and 14 sub categories. As the result, subjects had proud of becoming nurse in Korea, acknowledged and accepted differences from Korean, wanted to be recognized as the Korean people, and they expected to becoming true Korean nurse by being integrated into Korean society with their passion and challenge toward a new dream. This study has helped to apprehend essence of experience of North Korean defectors as a nurse after acquiring Korean nurse license, and it is expected that it could provided basic data to realistically approach to seeking measures for the subjects to successfully adjust as Korean nurses.

본 연구의 목적은 북한이탈 후 한국간호사 면허를 취득한 후 간호사로서 살아가는 경험을 질적 자료를 통하여 그들의 적응하는 과정을 심층적으로 이해하는 것이다. 연구대상자로 자신의 경험을 풍부하게 나타낼 수 있는 북한이탈 간호사 7명을 표집하였으며, Colaizzi의 현상학적 질적 연구 방법으로 분석하여 5개의 주제 묶음과 14개의 하위 범주가 도출되었다. 연구결과 대상자들은 한국의 간호사가 되었다는 자부심을 가지고 한국과 차이를 인정하고 받아들이면서 한민족으로 인식되길 바라였고, 새로운 꿈을 위한 열정과 도전을 하면서 한국의 구성원으로 흡수되어 진정한 한국간호사로 되어가고 있었다. 본 연구를 통하여 북한이탈 후 한국간호사 면허를 취득한 후 간호사로서 살아가는 경험에 대한 본질을 이해하고, 대상자들이 보다 성공적으로 한국간호사로 적응하기 위한 방안을 모색하는데 현실적으로 관심을 갖고 접근할 수 있는 기초자료가 되기를 기대한다.

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Table 1. Themes and Sub-themes

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