• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.5-12
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• 2009

According to the rapid increase of the elderly population, especially frail older population, many kinds of elderly care facilities have been supplied within a relatively short period. Among them, elderly hospitals and elderly welfare facilities have occupied a major portion. The elderly hospital, which had emerged from 1994, has recorded sharp increase in facility numbers and bed numbers by the support of Korean government together with the increase of care demand. However, the concept and fundamental planning criteria of elderly hospitals have not yet been set up. This paper has derived the concept of the elderly hospital from the Medical Law and Elderly Welfare Law, and prospected the supply of it from domestic and international statistics. Also this paper has explored the fundamental design issues of elderly hospitals by analysing precedent studies and designs, and by surveying some facilities.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.463-471
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• 2021

This study was conducted on nursing staff at care hospitals to confirm the mediating effect of health beliefs between the knowledge of nosocomial infections management and the execution of nosocomial infections management. This study was carried out on nurses and assistant nurses working at five care hospitals located in Busan, and finally 212 questionnaires were analyzed through SPSS 25.0 and SPSS Procee Macro. The results of the study showed that knowledge of nosocomial infections management is significant in the execution of nosocomial infections management(B=2.90, p<.001), and the influence of health beliefs was shown to be significant as well(B=.52, p<.001). Knowledge of nosocomial infections management has a direct effect on the execution of nosocomial infections management, and was also shown to have an indirect effect on the execution of nosocomial infections management through health beliefs, confirming partial mediating effects. This study is significant in that it provides the baseline data necessary for the effective execution of nosocomial infections management of nursing organizations in care hospitals by verifying the mediating effects of health beliefs in terms of the effects of knowledge of nosocomial infections management perceived by nurses and assistant nurses working in care hospitals on the execution of nosocomial infections management.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.559-570
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to classify the internal members of nursing hospitals and Western hospitals that received the certification system of medical institutions, and to examine the effect of certification on member satisfaction, job stress, hospital operation effect, and improvement of medical services. In nursing hospitals, the certification system was higher in member satisfaction, hospital operation effect, and medical service effect than in Western hospitals, and members of Western hospitals were higher in job stress. In both nursing hospitals and Western hospitals, the satisfaction of members, hospital operation effect, and medical service effect according to certification showed positive (+) results. It is believed that the effect of the certification system has been empirically high in nursing hospitals as mandatory certification from 2013. Therefore, this study aims to contribute to the efficiency of hospital management and improvement of patient satisfaction through continuous quality management of medical care by analyzing the effect of certification system on medical service improvement.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.661-669
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of selection factors, customer satisfaction, and revisiting intention of general hospital, long-term care hospital, and oriental medicine hospital. From November 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020, a survey was conducted targeting 4 general hospitals, 6 long-term care hospitals, and 3 oriental medicine hospitals. In general hospitals, long-term care hospitals, and oriental medicine hospitals, human factors and efficiency factors had a positive(+) influence on customer satisfaction. In long-term care hospitals, the higher the income, the higher the customer satisfaction, and effectiveness factor had significant positive(+) effect on revisiting intention. For oriental medicine hospitals, the external image was an important factor in customer satisfaction and revisiting intention. Based on the research results, it is expected that hospitals entering an era of competition can become useful basic data for efficient management.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.329-336
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• 2019

This study is a descriptive research study that examines the level of terminal care nursing care and the effects on terminal nursing in the internal and external control beliefs of nurses in the nursing geriaic hospital.. The subjects consisted of 442 nurses, and data were collected through structured questionnaires.. The data were analyzed with descriptive that used SPSS WIN 22.0, and AMOS 5.0 statistical program was hypothetical model and path analysis of research hypothesis. As a result, terminal care of geriatric hospital nurses was statininificant to the terminal care stress, fatigue and locus of internal & external control. and the higher the internal control belief, the less stress of the terminal care and the higher the terminal care performance As a result, this study providers a more terminal care performance, It is considered that nursing hospital nurses who develop strategic programs and terminal care nursing will need to provide quality nursing education and work environment improvement.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.153-163
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate nurses' ethical dilemma and professionalism in long-term care hospitals. Participants in this study were 210 nurses working in 14 long-term care hospitals. Data analysis was done using SPSS / WIN 24.0 program. As a result of this study, the ethical dilemma of the nurse was moderate. The highest sub-area was 'nurse-patient relationship' and 'respect of life and human rights' was the lowest sub-area. The professionalism of the subjects was moderate, and the score of 'sense of mission' area was the lowest. Nursing ethics guidelines should be developed that reflect the ethical dilemma of nurses in long-term care hospitals, and will provide the right values for the ethical dilemma that nurses face in their workplace. When planning the nurses' professionalism education, it is necessary to have a strategy to enhance the sense of mission by emphasizing beliefs and values about nursing care.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.351-358
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of gratitude disposition of geriatric hospital employees on job satisfaction and life satisfaction, and the moderating effect of the gratitude diary experience. A total of 485 copies of the research questionnaire were selected for workers in four geriatric hospitals who are promoting campaigns related to the gratitude diary. For data processing, a simple or hierarchical regression analysis was performed using SPSS 26.0. As a result of the study, The gratitude disposition had a statistically significant effect on job satisfaction and life satisfaction. However, the effect of gratitude disposition on job satisfaction and life satisfaction and the moderating effect of the audit diary experience were not statistically significant. The purpose of this study is to develop programs for job satisfaction and life satisfaction of geriatric hospital employees and provide basic data on manpower management of geriatric hospital.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.501-508
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to investigate the health belief, knowledge and performance of the infection control among nursing staffs in long term care hospital. Data from 146 nursing staff working at eight nursing hospitals in C city were collected for the period during September, 2020. Examining the infection control performance of the subjects, the general information showed that the ease of use of infection control personal protective equipment (β=-.198, p<.05), health belief (β=.124, p<.05), perceived susceptibility(β=.104, p<.05) which is a subgroup of health belief, perceived benefits(β=.111, p<.05) had an effect on infection control performance.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.710-721
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify, describe, and understand the meaning of experiences by clarifying the structure of the coping experience of end-of-life care(EOLC) experienced by long-term care hospitals(LTCHs) nurses'. Methods: Data were gathered from 16 nurses who had been working at LTCHs in Korea through one-on-one interviews and the data were analyzed by Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Results: It was structured and identified into 3 categories and 15 theme clusters. The emergent 3 categories were 'Long-term care hospitals nurses' attitudes towards for end-of-life care', 'End-of-life care stress', 'Coping with end-of-life care'. Conclusion: There is a need for practical and systematic education for LTCHs nurses' to positively change end-of-life care attitudes and reduce and prevent end-of-life care stress. In addition, it is suggested to operate programs that can improve coping skills or programs such as expert counseling.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.199-206
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• 2021

As the super-aged society is imminent, the number of people with senile diseases is also increasing, resulting in a lack of facilities and policies as a social problem. National Health Insurance Service is being talked about as a realistic alternative to medical coverage. Long-term care hospitals are classified into acute-stage hospitals and long-term care facilities and are acting as an alternative to reducing medical expenses. However, in long-term care hospitals, which are the core of maintenance rehabilitation, the quality of service issues have been raised seriously. Currently, there is a problem of mass production of refugees from rehabilitation due to a problem of the medical system. In particular, in the preceding study in 2015, the status of long-term care hospitals in Jeollabuk-do was the worst. Therefore, using public data, the general status of long-term care hospitals in Jeollabuk-do, status of frequent disease, status of rehabilitation services, and status of occupational therapy services are to be explored.