• 한국사회복지학
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.185-204
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• 2005

본 연구는 계속 증가하고 있는 케어 수요를 충당하기 위해 영국 정부가 시행해 온 정책과 제도를 살펴보았다. 영국 정부는 최근 케어 수요와 공급 간의 불균형이 초래할 문제를 심각하게 인식하고, 가족과 시장의 적극적인 참여를 유도하고 있다. 이 두 영역에 대해 초기의 의도와는 달리 점차 국가의 적극적인 개입이 이루어지고 있는데, 비공식적 보호자인 케어러에 대해서는 보상과 인정을 주는 형태로, 공식적 보호자인 유급 케어워커에 대해서는 규제와 감독 강화를 통한 질적 통제라는 형태로 정부 기능은 점차 확대되고 있다. 케어러의 지위와 권리 향상을 위해 3가지 법률이 제정되었으며, 유급 인력의 자격 강화를 위해 케어기준법과 그에 기반 한 5가지 공식 기구가 발족되었다. 이러한 제도적 정비 과정에서 영국은 비공식적 보호자에 대해서는 적극적 시민권이란 새로운 이념으로, 유급 케어워커에 대해서는 사회서비스의 현대화 가치라는 이념으로 그 기반을 다지고 있다. 그러나 영국의 케어 정책은 점차 혼자서 살아가기 어려운, 시장에서 케어를 사적으로 구입하기가 어려운 보다 열악한 환경에 놓인 서비스 이용자들을 외면하는 방향으로 나아가고 있다는 비판에 직면하고 있다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.108-122
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• 1986

Changing concepts of health care, are stimulating the demand for health care, thereby orienting society to health care rights to such an extent that they are deemed as fundamental ones inalienable to man. Concomitantly, qualitative as well as quantative improvement is being sought in the nursing service field. Today, efforts are being made in various areas, especially to qualitatively improve nursing services. A second issue concerns proper staffing. It is important to study staffing, in as much as it continues to be the most persistent and critical problem facing hospital nursing administrators today. It involves quantity, quality, and utilization of nursing personnel. A great deal of attention has been focused on this problem since mid 1930's when nursing services began to be felt as an important segment of hospital operation representing the largest single item of hospital budgets. Traditionally, the determination and allocation of nursing personnel resources has relied heavily on gloval approaches which make use of fixed staff-to-patient ratios. It has long been recognized that these ratios are insensitive to variations between institutions and among individual patients. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to point to the urgent need for the development of methodology and criteria suited to the reality of Korea. The present research selected one place, the W Christian Hospital, and was conducted over a period 10 days from January, and nurses who were them on duty in their unit. The total num-her of patients surveyed was 1,426 and that of 354. The research represents many variables affecting the direct patient care time using the result from the direct observation method, then using a calculation method to estimate the relationship between the patients care time and selected variables in the hospital setting. The amount of direct patient care time varies with many factors, such 89 the patients age. diagnosis and time in hospital. Differences are also found from hospital, clinic to clinic, ward to ward, and even shift to shift. In this research, the calculation method of estimating the required member of nursing staff is obtained by dividing the time of productive patient care activity(with the time of patient care observed), by the sum of the productive time that each the staff can supply, i.e., 360 minutes, which is obtained by deducting the time for personal activities. The results indicate a substantial difference between the time of productive patient care observed directing and the time of the productive patient care estimated using calculating method. If we know accurately the time of the direct patient care on a shift, there required number of staff members calculated if the proper method can be determinded should be able the time of the direct patient care be estimated by the patient classification system, but this research has shown this system to be in accurate in Korea. There are differences in the recommended time of productive patient care and the required number of nursing staff depending upon which method is used. The calculated result is not very accurate, so more research is needed on the patient classification system.