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A Study of the Attitudes of the Health Team To Wards a Hospital Based Community Health Nursing Service (일 종합병원의 지역사회 보건간호사업에 대한 의료인의 태도 조사연구 - W병원을 중심으로-)

  • Lee Yon Sil;Suh Mi Hae;Suh Moon Sook
    • The Korean Nurse
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    • v.25 no.2 s.135
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    • pp.72-79
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    • 1986
  • The present health system with its emphasis on the patient in hospital and with specialized medical services, is not equipped to provide health maintenance and preventive care to society. Community generated medical facilities to provide preventive and lo

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The Scenario Approach Method for Family Nursing Intervention Based on the Movie 'Mabin's Room' (영화 '마빈스룸' 가족간호중재 -시나리오 접근법-)

  • Park, Kyung-Min;Kim, Chung-Nam
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.627-638
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    • 2001
  • Caring is an essential element of nursing. In a family with a patient. a critical situation may happen not only for the patient but also for the members of the family. Therefore, a caring service from the healthcare providers can also be requested for the family members. The movie 'Mabin's Room' deals with family problems. In this study, the assessment, problem, diagnosis and planning for the family nursing situation for family problems were made focusing on the role of characters in the movie 'Mabin's Room'. Regarding family nursing intervention, the framework of the story 'Mabin's Room' was reorganized to solve the problems based on the role of community health nurse. In this scenario approach method, the situation in the movie is used without change but the scenario related to the roles (or communication) of community health nurse for solving the family problems is added. It is a problem solving oriented method by reorganizing the scenario in a movie story situation. The reorganized scenario in this study is just an example of scenario approach method. Community Health Nurses can cultivate their creativity by solving various problems in the community by adopting or modifying this simple scenario in practice.

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A Study on the Status of Health Management in Industries Located in Taejon and Chungnam Province (대전.충남지역 산업장의 보건관리 실태)

  • Hong, Chun-Sil;Kim, Hyun-Li
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.38-44
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    • 1993
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the status of health management from Dec 5, 1992 to March 10, 1993. The data. was. collected from 30 industrial nurses, through a structured questionnaire. The results were as follows : 1. 1.50%. of the companies surveyed were manufacturing companies, 24% of them were research center. 2. The sizes of the companies were as follows: 300-499 employees 11(37%). more than 1,000 employees 4(13%). 3. 18 companies(60%) had organized safety and health committees. 4. 25 companies(83%) had there own health clinics. 5. 60% of companies had a Health center assigned as were hospitals 83%. 6. Practical nurses were employed by all industries, 10 companies had their own physicians, and 3 had their own industrial hygienist. 7. The primary health examination rate was 96% and workers who took follow up examinations were 8.5% out of them, 73.6% were evaluated at the C & D grade. Follow Up management to D. evaluations was performed about 50%. 8. 13 personnel(43%) required, special examinations. 9. The relation between the workers health score and the health status, score was negative and not significant. Therefore the better health management the higher health level score.

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Working with Low-Income Elders in Korea: An Ethnographical Exploration of u-Health Nurses' Experiences (저소득 노인을 간호대상으로 한 유헬스 간호사에 관한 문화기술지)

  • Choi, Hanna;Kim, Jeongeun;Jin, Meiling;Lee, Jisan;Kim, Sukwha;Jeong, Suyong
    • Perspectives in Nursing Science
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.18-29
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: This study sought to ascertain and describe u-Health nurses (ubiquitous healthcare nurse, tele-nurse)' experiences working with low-income elders in Korea. Methods: Data were collected through semi-structured interview, focus group interviews of 6 nurses and participant observations in community places in public rental housing in the city of Seoul. The ethnographical analysis method, proposed by Spradley, was used to analyze interview data. Results: We identified two major clusters of themes on common issues and concerns experienced by nurses: "work environment" and "daily work life." In addition, ten themes and fourteen sub-themes were extracted from the field work data. Conclusion: The study provided a deeper understanding of the experiences and services of u-Health nurses in Korea, of which much remains to be understood, as the healthcare services they currently provide are limited. Moreover, its findings could empower novice nurses and expand nurse's professional knowledge and competence.

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