• Title/Summary/Keyword: Assessment of Health Care Needs

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A Case Analysis of Home Health Care for Cesarean Postpartum Women and Their Newborns (제왕절개분만 산욕부와 신생아의 가정간호 사례분석)

  • 김혜숙;최연순;전은미
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.696-705
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    • 1994
  • This study was done to provide a basis for home health care management for women following Cesarean delivery. Furthermore it was initiated as an possible application of home health care in the future. In this study, client selection criteria was developed by the researcher and assessment tools for home health care, recording system and problem oriented recording system were revised from Jun's(1993) methods. The selection criteria tool for home health care for women who had a Cesarean delivery was structured and consisted of five areas : physical status, functional status, psychological-emetional status, educational needs status and environmental status. The structured assessment tool consisted of general items, obstetric history, past medical history, methods of feeding, medications taken before ad-mission, laboratory results, discharge instructions, discharge medications, family tree, economic status, environmental status, a map, health assessment of women and their newborns. The visit note consisted of the date : nursing problems : nursing process including initial assessment : nursing goals : visit plan : health status of the postpartum women and their newborn : nursing diagnoses : nursing implementation evaluation : summary : next visit plan and revision. The problem oriented recording system consisted of the date, problem numbers, nursing diagnoses, problem appearance date, problem resolution date. The results of the research are as follows : The seven cases having had a Cesarean delivery were discharged on an average on the 5th day after the Cesarean birth. The total number of home visits was 13. According to Cordon's functional health patterns the total possible nursing diagnoses was 34 diagnoses for the methers and their newborns. Among the 34 diagnoses, there were 13 diagnoses in the health perception /management pattern, 7 in the psychosocial health perception / management pattern, 8 in the psychosocial self-perception, 2 in the nutrition / metabolism pattern of physical function, 2 in the knowledge deficit of newborn management, anxiety related to newborn management, knowledge deficit related to disease process of new-born, anxiety related to disease process of newborn anxiety related to prognosis of baby's condition, knowledge deficit related to newborn jaundice each appeared once. The changes in the number of nursing diagnoses was related to not the number of visits but to the number of nursing diagnoses decreasing. The con-tent of the home health care was categorized ac-cording to assessment, direct care, counseling, education, family care. The recommendation based on the results of this research are Home health care nurses for Cesarean postpartum women and their neonates requires comprehensive knowledge of pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period and of the neonate so that they can provide appropriate care and holistic views. Most of cases terminated after the second visit, this outcome may be related to the subjects being discharged on the 5th day after delivery. Therefore, study done with earlier discharge after delivery may have different outcome. It is very hard to assess psychological aspects that need follow-up and to develop communication channels.

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Job Competencies and Educational Needs Perceived by New Community Health Practitioners (신규 보건진료전담공무원이 인식한 직무역량과 교육요구)

  • Kim, Hyun Kyung;Eun, Young;June, Kyung Ja;So, Ae Young;Kim, Hee Gerl;Eom, Mi Ran;Song, Yeon Yi;Choi, Eun Suk;Park, Ji Yeon;Kim, Hyoung Suk
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.85-96
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: This study was performed to identify job competencies and needs for job education perceived by new community health practitioners. Methods: This study used a qualitative research design. Eight new community health practitioners participated in this study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using content analysis. Results: Five job competencies were identified in this study, including primary care, public health management, interpersonal relationship, teaching and counseling, and leadership. The contents of job education that they needed were management of major symptoms and chronic diseases, understanding and prescription of medications, emergency responses and care, management of endemic diseases, planning and management of public health programs, writing official documentsand computer works, and leadership training. The learning methods they preferred were connecting theory and practice, situation- or case-based learning, skill- or practice-based learning, and increased opportunities of clinical practice. Conclusion: The findings of this study provided the direction of job education for new community health practitioners. Job education for new community health practitioners needs to consider the job competencies and educational needs identified in this study.

Development and Application of a Nursing Assessment Tool for Senior Center Nurses (노인복지관 간호사를 위한 간호사정조사도구 개발 및 적용)

  • Ko, Ha Na;Song, Misoon
    • Perspectives in Nursing Science
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.96-109
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: The purposes of this study were to develop a nursing assessment tool for senior center nurses, and to test its feasibility and content validity. Methods: The study utilized a psychometric test design. Preliminary items were developed based on geriatric health needs and Gordon's 11 domains of functioning health. Initially, the tool was evaluated for content validity and feasibility. Then, it was administered among 195 older adults in a senior center by a gerontological nurse practitioner. Data were analyzed to describe the nursing problems of the senior center older adults. Results: The final version of the nursing assessment tool consisted of 27 items. The internal consistency, measured with the Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, was .74. The result of the assessment showed that senior center older adults had high nursing needs in the area of management of chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, and lipids), dental care, community relations, safety, elder abuse, health behaviors (such as drinking), mental health (depression, suicide, and cognitive function), and health consultations. Conclusion: The new tool was feasible for use with senior center participants, and it was evaluated as having high content validity by senior center nurses.

Survey on the Needs of Korean Medicine Doctor for Community Care Education Programs (한의약 건강돌봄 교육 프로그램에 대한 한의사 요구도 조사)

  • Jihye Kang;Eunji Ahn;Jihyeon Lee;Dongmin Sung;Yujin Han;Dongsu Kim
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2024
  • Objectives : This study conducted a survey on the needs of Korean medicine doctors for health care education programs specializing in traditional Korean medicine. Methods : The study selected Korean medicine doctors who had experience participating in outpatient consultations. Data collected through surveys underwent frequency analysis on performance, importance, difficulty, and educational needs using SPSS 24.0. Additionally, an Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) was conducted using importance and performance data. Results : According to the results of the IPA analysis, in the area of "keep up the good work" there were activities such as fee Claims (A3), comprehensive assessment (B4), care plan development (B5), client and caregiver interviews (C8), chronic disease monitoring (C9), musculoskeletal and other pain management, musculoskeletal rehabilitation (C10), mental health management (C11), and fall prevention (C15). In the "concentrate here" priority action area, skin care including pressure sore management (C13) was identified. Conclusions : The traditional Korean medicine community care service is expected to expand further, so it is anticipated that the developed educational programs will contribute to the activation of traditional Korean medicine health care business.

Experiences with Rapid Appraisal to Assess Health and Social Needs in Primary Care (Primary care에서 지역사회 건강과 사회적 요구사정을 위한 Rapid appraisal 경험)

  • Cho, Myung-Sook
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.299-307
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    • 2001
  • 본 연구의 목표는 rapid appraisal의 사용을 통한 지역사회의 건강과 사회적 요구들을 알아내고 이들의 우선순위를 파악하여 지역주민과 써비스 제공자들 사이에 활동계획을 만들기 위함이다. 자료 수집은 Rapid appraisal의 정보피라미드를 통한 primary care team에 의해 3개의 자원들인 지역사회내 기존자료들과 지역 내에서 많이 사용해왔던 반 구조화된 면담지, 방문과 크리닉을 통한 직접 관찰로 자료수집을 하였다. 반 구조화된 면담지는 pilot study하고 검증한 후 사용하였다. 자료수집 대상은 Northern General hospital내에 등록되어진 100가구의 도시영세민 주택에 거주하는 자로 하였다. 결과로 면담자 들과 focus groups은 지역사회 내 지역건강요구들을 만나고 알아내며 건강뿐만이 아닌 사회적인 많은 변화가 요구되는 건강관련 우선순위를 알아내는 첫단계로써 rapid appraisal의 사용이 유용하다. 결론적으로 Rapid appraisal은 지역사회 내 Primary care에서 muti-displinary approach를 촉진하여 건강에 영향하는 다양한 요인사정의 질적인 방법으로 변화를 위한 행동 계획을 세우는데 좋은 평가 방법으로 확인되었다.

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Initial Assessment and Care Planning in Palliative Hospice Care: Focus on Assessment Tools (호스피스 완화의료에서의 초기평가와 돌봄 계획의 수립: 평가도구를 중심으로)

  • Park, Eun Ju;Koh, Su Jin;Cheon, Jae Kyung
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2019
  • For hospice palliative care that provides comprehensive and general care, it is necessary to use assessment tools to objectively list issues and detail care plans. The initial assessment is a process of establishing an overall direction of care by identifying the patient's symptoms, social and spiritual issues and palliative care needs on the admission day or within one day of admission. This process is also used to identify the patients' and families' awareness of the illness, prognosis, treatment options and if the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) has been drafted. Consisting of 13 simple questions regarding the physical, mental, social, and spiritual domains, the Needs at the End-of-Life Screening Tool (NEST) is recommended as an initial assessment tool. Using specific assessment tools, a care plan is established for the issues identified in the initial assessment within three days of admission. A multidisciplinary assessment tool can be helpful in the physical domain. The psychosocial domain evaluates psychological distress, anxiety and depression. The social domain examines an ability to make decisions, understanding of the socioeconomic circumstance, family relationship, and death preparedness. A spiritual evaluation is also important, for which the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual WellBeing Scale (FACIT-Sp) or the Spiritual Health Inventory (SHI) can be used. The use of an assessment tool could not only contribute to pain mitigation a better quality of life for patients, but also provide systematic training for a multidisciplinary team; And the process itself could be a stepping stone for the better care provision.

Comparison of Patient Needs, Patient Satisfaction, and Communication Type of Nurses between Integrated Nursing Care Service Ward and General Ward Patients (간호·간병통합서비스병동과 일반병동 환자의 간호요구도, 간호만족도 및 간호사의 의사소통 유형 비교)

  • Kang, Yeon Jin;Min, Jung A;Park, Chang Soon;Jun, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.317-328
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide patient-centered nursing by comparing the patient needs, patient satisfaction, and communication type of nurses for patients admitted to integrated nursing care service ward and general ward. Methods: Data were collected by self-report questionnaires between September 7 and October 9, 2021. Patients were patients recruited from a hospital in D city, 100 each from comprehensive nursing care service ward and general ward. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, 𝜒2-test, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation. Results: There was no significant difference in patient needs between the patients of integrated nursing care service ward and the general ward (t=-1.12, p=.263). However, patient satisfaction was higher among the patients in integrated nursing care service ward than in the general ward (t=-3.55, p<.001). Pertaining to the communication type of nurses, the informational communication type (t=-4.02, p<.001) and the friendly communication type (t=-3.92, p<.001) were stronger in the integrated nursing care service ward than the general ward. It was, hence, confirmed that the educational requirements were positively correlated with patient satisfaction in the reliability domain and technical-professional domain, and that the nurse informational communication type and friendly communication type had a significantly positive correlation with patient satisfaction. Conclusion: The expansion of the integrated nursing care service ward may be considered in the future, with an informational and friendly communication method as an effective response that can be adapted in practice as a reflection the type of communication among nurses.

Review on Theoretical Background and Components of Dental Hygiene Process (치위생과정의 이론적 배경과 구성요소에 관한 고찰)

  • Lee, Su-Young;Cho, Young-Sik
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2005
  • The dental hygiene process of care is a model for providing integrated dental hygiene care. It was developed by Mueller-Joseph and Petersen in 1995. The purpose of the dental hygiene process is to provide a framework within which the individualized needs of the client can be met. This model enables the dental hygienist to focus on patient need. The process is composed of five components: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. The process of dental hygiene has to move from simple clinical procedure to comprehensive and systemic dental hygiene care. The dental hygiene diagnostic model broadens the biomedical dental model to the behavioral model to include health behavior and health function of individuals. The dental hygiene process will provide a mechanism to develop dental hygienist's role and scope of practice in Korea.

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An Analysis of Relationships among Quality, Satisfaction and Utilization Perceived by Family Caregivers in Standard LTC Utilization Plan (가족수발자가 인지하는 표준장기요양이용계획서의 질과 만족도, 활용도 간의 관계분석)

  • Lee, Jung-Suk;Han, Eun-Jeong;Kwon, Jinhee
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.871-884
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    • 2011
  • Standard Long-term care(LTC) Utilization Plan is a kind of care plan, which aims to help beneficiaries and their family choose services to meet their care needs. The objective of this study is to determine the relationships among family caregivers' perceived quality, overall satisfaction and utilization in Standard LTC Utilization Plan. Data were gathered from family caregivers with beneficiaries who have used community service in long-term care insurance system. A national cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted in December 2008, using proportionate quota sampling. Finally, 351 family caregivers completed questionnaires which included demographic characteristics, perceived quality(9 items), overall satisfaction(1 item) and utilization(2 items). Path analysis was conducted to find a causal relationship. This study shows firstly, the quality of Standard LTC Utilization Plan was categorized into three dimensions, that is, assessment of care needs, recommended care plan, and management of monthly benefits. Secondly, reliability and validity of quality items were satisfied. Finally, in the effect of perceived quality and satisfaction for utilization, assessment of care needs(indirect effect, path coefficients=0.077) and overall satisfaction(total effect, path coefficients=0.324) were statistically significant. The findings of this study would be helpful in developing the strategies, which is needed to improve the role of Standard LTC Utilization Plan.

Unmet healthcare needs and related factors according to gender differences in single-person households (일인 가구의 성별에 따른 미충족 의료현황과 관련 요인)

  • Chae, Hyun Ju;Kim, Mijong
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.93-103
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to identify unmet healthcare needs among man and woman one-person households and to explore related factors by gender. Methods: Data were drawn from the 2017 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The final sample consisted of 820 one-person households. The statistical analysis, conducted in SPSS version 20.1, included complex sampling analysis; descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, and logistic regression. Results: The demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of women in one-person households were significantly different from those of men in one-person households. Women in single-person households were mainly in their 70s or older and married, and they tended to have a low education level, low income, and no formal occupation. Unmet healthcare needs were experienced by 17.3% of women in one-person households and 13.5% of men in one-person households, which was not a statistically significant difference (χ2=2.17, p=.139). Factors related to unmet healthcare needs were subjective health status and unmet dental care needs in single-person-household men. By contrast, having experienced impairment within the past year, stress, and unmet dental care needs were factors related to unmet healthcare needs in single-person-household women. Conclusion: As one-person households become increasingly common, more attention needs to be paid to them and our understanding of them needs to be improved. Women in one-person households, in particular, are especially vulnerable, as they experience more unmet healthcare needs.