• World Technopolis Review
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.59-70
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• 2019

Where is a better place to live? In the coming era, this should be more than simply a livable place. It should be an adaptable place that has a flexible system adaptable to any new situation in terms of diversity. Customization and real-time operation are needed in order to realize this technologically. We expect a smart city to have a flexible system that applies technologies of self-monitoring and self-response, thereby being a promising city model towards being a better place to live. Energy demand and supply is a crucial issue concerning our expectations for the flexible system of a smart city because it is indispensable to comfortable living, especially city living. Although it may seem that energy diversification, such as the energy mix of a country, is a matter of overriding concern, the central point is the scale of place to build grids for realizing sustainable urban energy systems. A traditional hard energy path supported by huge centralized energy systems based on fossil and nuclear fuels on a national scale has already faced difficult problems, particularly in terms of energy flexibility/resilience. On the other hand, an alternative soft energy path consisting of small diversified energy systems based on renewable energy sources on a local scale has limitations regarding stability, variability, and supply potential despite the relatively light economic/technological burden that must be assumed to realize it. As another alternative, we can adopt a holonic path incorporating an alternative soft energy path with a traditional hard energy path complimentarily based on load management. This has a high affinity with the flexible system of a smart city. At a system level, the purpose of all of the paths mentioned above is not energy itself but the service it provides. If the expected energy service is fixed, the conclusive factor in choosing a more appropriate system is accessibility to the energy service. Accessibility refers to reliability and affordability; the former encompasses the level of energy self-sufficiency, and the latter encompasses the extent of energy saving. From this point of view, it seems that the small diversified energy systems of a soft energy path have a clear advantage over the huge centralized energy systems of a hard energy path. However, some insuperable limitations still remain, so it is reasonable to consider both energy systems continuing to coexist in a multiplexing energy system employing a holonic path to create and maintain reliable and affordable access to energy services that cover households'/enterprises' basic energy needs. If this is embodied in a smart city concept, this is nothing else but smart energy inclusion. In Japan, following the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, a trend towards small diversified energy systems of a soft energy path intensified in order to realize a nuclear-free society. As a result, the Government of Japan proclaimed in its Fifth Strategic Energy Plan that renewable energy must be the main source of power in Japan by 2050. Accordingly, Sony vowed that all the energy it uses would come from renewable sources by 2040. In this situation, it is expected that smart energy inclusion will be achieved by the Japanese version of a smart grid based on the concept of a minimum cost scheme and demand response.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.73-84
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• 2021

최근 지구온난화에 따른 이상 기후 현상으로 세계적으로 환경 문제에 관한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 기후변화에 적극적으로 대응하기 위해 전 지구적인 노력이 이어지고 있으나, 여전히 화석연료의 의존도는 매우 높다. 특히, 북극권은 막대한 양의 화석연료와 광물자원이 매장되어 있어 개발과 건설 사업이 활발히 추진되고 있다. 북극권 자원(석유·가스자원) 개발 사업의 참여 및 협력은 우리나라 에너지·자원 공급의 대안 중 하나라 할 수 있다. 북극권 자원 개발은 극한 기후에 따른 열악한 개발 환경과 기술적 한계, 자원 개발에 따른 환경 문제, 사회적 영향 등 일반적인 자원 개발과 비교해 사전에 면밀한 검토가 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 북극권 자원 개발 및 건설 활동 추진을 위해 북극해 연안 국가들의 기후변화 대응 법규 및 지침을 고찰하였다. 또한, 북극권 자원 개발 사업을 위해 필요한 영구 동토층의 지반 안정화 기술, 극한의 기후 조건에 작동하고 자원 개발의 효율성을 높일 수 있는 기술 사례 등을 조사하고 분석하였다. 본 연구의 조사·분석 결과는 자원 개발 사업의 성공적 추진과 운영을 좌우하는 새로운 리스크 요인에 대응하는 전략수립 등에 활용될 것으로 기대한다.

• 분석과 대안
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.31-69
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• 2018

This study examines the role of science in resolving trade disputes. After the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 that not only jeopardized the people of Japan, but also put the safety of an entire region at risk, the Republic of Korea (Korea) has imposed import bans as well as increased testing and certification requirements for radioactive material on Japanese food products. Japan has challenged these restrictions at the World Trade Organizations Dispute Settlement Body (DSB). This study aims to explain how international trade agreements and previous DSB rulings have dealt with different scientific viewpoints provided by confronting parties. In doing so, it will contrast the viewpoints espoused by Korean and Japanese representatives, and then analyzes the most similar case studies previously ruled on by the DSB, including the case of beef hormones and the case of genetically modified crops including biotech corn, both between the United States and the European Communities (EC). This study finds that science is largely subordinate to national interests in the case of state decision-making within the dispute settlement processes, and science has largely been relegated to a supportive role. Due to the ambiguity and lack of truly decisive decisions in the Appellate Body in science-based trade disputes, this study concludes that the Appellate Body avoids taking a firm scientific position in cases where science is still inconclusive in any capacity. Due to the panel's unwillingness to establish expert review boards as it has the power to do, instead favoring an individual-based system so that all viewpoints can be heard, it has also developed a system with its own unique weaknesses. Similar to any court of law in which each opposing party defends its own interests, each side brings whatever scientific evidence it can to defend its position, incentivizing them to disregard scientific conclusions unfavorable to their position. With so many questions that can arise, combined with the problems of evolving science, questions of risk, and social concerns in democratic society, it is no wonder that the panel views scientific information provided by the experts as secondary to the legal and procedural issues. Despite being ruled against the EC on legal issues in two previous cases, the EC essentially won both times because the panel did not address whether its science was correct or not. This failure to conclusively resolve a debate over whose science is more scientific enabled the EC to simply fix the procedural issues, while continuing to enforce trade restrictions based on their scientific evidence. Based on the analysis of the two cases of disputes, Korea may also find itself guilty of imposing an unwarranted moratorium on Japan's fish exports, only to subsequently pass new restrictions on labelling and certification requirements because Japan may have much scientific evidence at its disposal. However, Korea might be able to create enough uncertainty in the panel to force them to rule exclusively on the legal issues of the case. This will then equip Korea, like the EC in the past, with a way of working around the ruling, by changing whatever legal procedure they need to while maintaining some, if not most, of its restrictions when the panel fails to address its case on scientific grounds.

• 무역학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.139-158
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• 2018

오늘날의 무역구조는 이전보다 훨씬 다변화 되었고, 각국의 수출입액이 늘어남에 따라 무역분쟁의 내용도 훨씬 복잡해지고 있는 것은 물론 분쟁의 수 또한 증가하고 있다. 이러한 분쟁을 해결하는 수단으로서 소송과 중재를 비롯한 협상, 알선, 조정 등이 활용되고 있지만 소송이나 중재에 의한 해결방법은 관할권, 거리상의 제약, 비용과 절차의 복잡성 등 그 어려움이 따른다. 또한 협상이나 알선에 의할 경우, 효력이나 제도상의 미비점 등 그 한계성을 드러내면서 이들을 대체할 수 있는 방법이 요구되어 왔다. 이에 ADR의 한 형태로 등장한 조정은 조정인이 분쟁당사자 사이에서 중립인의 역할을 하면서 당사자가 자주적으로 사건을 해결하도록 돕는 제도이다. 조정은 비밀보장에 의한 신뢰구축, 준거법과 재판관할권의 비적용, 절차의 간이성, 미래지향적인 결과도출이라는 장점이 중점적으로 부각되고 있어 미국, 일본을 비롯한 중국 등에서는 일찍이 무역분쟁의 해결수단으로 이용되고 있다. 하지만 우리나라에서는 아직 조정의 유용성이 널리 알려지지 못하였고, 그 이용 또한 저조한 상태이다. 본고는 조정이 어떠한 제도인지를 설명하는 것과 함께 무역분쟁의 해결수단으로서 조정이 지닌 유용성을 밝힘으로써 향후 분쟁발생 시 본 제도의 적극적 이용을 도모하고자 하는 취지에서 연구를 진행하였다.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.69-97
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• 2024

사서의 직무수행 전문성과 미래지향적 역량 개발을 위해 국가적 차원에서 다양한 교육 프로그램을 기획·운영하는 것은 중요하다. 본 연구는 사서 전문교육훈련기관의 교육 프로그램으로 사서학습공동체의 도입 가능성을 검토하고 적절한 운영 방법을 제시하는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 다음과 같은 내용과 방법으로 연구를 진행하였다 : 1) 관련 문헌 검토를 통해 사서학습공동체 개념, 운영 단계, 유형 등 학습공동체 운영에 관한 이론적 논의, 2) 시범 운영을 통한 사서학습공동체 운영 가능성 탐색 및 시사점 도출, 3) 사서학습공동체 운영 모델 및 지원 체계 제안. 본 연구는 시범 운영 과정에서 참여 관찰 및 참가자 의견수렴을 통해 사서학습공동체 운영 모델을 검토하여 시행 초기의 혼란을 최소화하고, 향후 프로그램의 성공적인 정착을 위한 운영 로드맵 및 지원체계를 함께 제시하였다. 향후 여러 해에 걸친 시행과 실증적 분석을 통해 본 연구에서 제시한 사서학습공동체 운영 모델을 더욱 정교하게 발전시킬 필요가 있다. 그렇지만 본 연구의 결과는 타분야 전문직 교육훈련을 위한 학습공동체의 초기 운영 모델로도 유용할 것이다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.384-399
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• 1996

The concept of parish nursing began in the late 1960s in the United States when increasing numbers of churches employed registered nurses (RNs) to provide holistic, preventive health care to the members of their congregations. Parish nursing role was developed in 1983 by Lutheran chaplain Granger Westberg, and provides care to a variety of church congregation of various denominations. The parish nurse functions as health educator, counselor, group facilitator, client advocate, and liaison to community resources. Since these activities are complementary to the population-focused practice of community health' CNSs, parish nurses either have a strong public health background or work directly with both baccalaureate-prepared public health nurses and CNSs. In a Midwest community in U.S.A., the Healthy People 2000(1991) objectives are being addressed in health ministries through a coalition between public health nurses and parish nurses. Parish nursing is in the beginning state in Korea and up untill now, there has been no research was conducted on concrete role of korean parish nurses. The main purpose of this study was to identify, classify and analyze activities of parish nurses. The other important objective of this study was to establish an effective approach and direction for parish nursing and provide a database for korean parish nursing model through analysis and' classification of the content of the nursing record which included nursing activities. This study was a descriptive survey research. The parish nurses were working in churches where the demonstration project developed on parish nursing. The study was done on all nursing records which were working in churches where the demonstration project developed on parish nursing. The study was done on all nursing records which were documented by parish nurses in three churches from March, 1995 to February, 1996. Namsan, Taegu Jeei and Nedang presbyterian churches in Taegu and Keimyung nursing college incooperated together for the parish nursing demonstration project. The data analysis procedure was as follows: First, a record analysis tool was developed and second, the data was collected, coded and analyzed, the classification for nursing activities was developed through a literature review, from which the basic analysis tool was produced and cotent validity review was also done. The classification of the activities of parish nurses showed 7 activitity categories. 7 activity categories consisted of visitation nursing, health check-ups, health education, referring, attending staff meetings, attending inservices and seminar, volunteers coordinating. The percentage of activities were as follows: Visitation nursing(A: 51.6%, B: 55%, C: 42.6%) Health check-ups(A: 13.5%, B: 12.1%, C: 22.3%) Health education(A: 13.5%, B: 13.2%, C: 18.2%) Referring(A: 1.4%, B: 4.2%, C: 2.4%) Attending staff meeting(A: 18.8%, B: 13.0%, C: 12.2%) Attending inservices and seminar(A: 1.5%, B: 2.2%, C: 2.1%) Volunteers coordinating(A: 0.3%, B: 0.4%, C: 0.0%) To establish and develope parish nursing delivery network in Korea, parish nurses role, activities and boundaries of practice should be continuously monitored and refined every 2 years. Also, It is needed to develope effective nursing recording system based on the need assessment research data of various congregation members. role, activities and boundaries of practice and arrangement of the working structure, continuing education, cooperation with community resources and structuring and organizing parish nursing delivery network. Also, It is needed to develope effective nursing recording system based on the need assessment research data of various congregation members.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.1619-1637
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• 2000

A review was undertaken to obtain information on the range of beak-trimming methods available or under development. Beak-trimming of commercial layer replacement pullets is a common yet critical management tool that can affect the performance for the life of the flock. The most obvious advantage of beak-trimming is a reduction in cannibalism although the extent of the reduction in cannibalism depends on the strain, season, and type of housing, flock health and other factors. Beak-trimming also improves feed conversion by reducing food wastage. A further advantage of beak-trimming is a reduction in the chronic stress associated with dominance interactions in the flock. Beak-trimming of birds at 7-10 days is favoured by Industry but research over last 10 years has shown that beak-trimming at day-old causes the least stress on birds and efforts are needed to encourage Industry to adopt the practice of beak-trimming birds at day-old. Proper beak-trimming can result in greatly improved layer performance but improper beak-trimming can ruin an other wise good flock of hens. Re-trimming is practiced in most flocks, although there are some flocks that only need one trimming. Given the continuing welfare scrutiny of using a hot blade to cut the beak, attempts have been made to develop more welfare friendly methods of beak-trimming. Despite the developments in design of hot blade beak-trimmers the process has remained largely unchanged. That is, a red-hot blade cuts and cauterises the beak. The variables in the process are blade temperature, cauterisation time, operator ability, severity of trimming, age of trimming, strain of bird and beak length. This method of beak-trimming is still overwhelmingly favoured in Industry and there appears to be no other alternative procedures that are more effective. Sharp secateurs have been used trim the upper beak of both layers and turkeys. Bleeding from the upper mandible ceases shortly after the operation, and despite the regrowth of the beak a reduction of cannibalism has been reported. Very few differences have been noted between behaviour and production of the hot blade and cold blade cut chickens. This method has not been used on a large scale in Industry. There are anecdotal reports of cannibalism outbreaks in birds with regrown beaks. A robotic beak-trimming machine was developed in France, which permitted simultaneous, automated beak-trimming and vaccination of day-old chicks of up to 4,500 chickens per hour. Use of the machine was not successful because if the chicks were not loaded correctly they could drop off the line, receive excessive beak-trimming or very light trimming. Robotic beak-trimming was not effective if there was a variation in the weight or size of chickens. Capsaicin can cause degeneration of sensory nerves in mammals and decreases the rate of beak regrowth by its action on the sensory nerves. Capsaicin is a cheap, non-toxic substance that can be readily applied at the time of less severe beak-trimming. It suffers the disadvantage of causing an extreme burning sensation in operators who come in contact with the substance during its application to the bird. Methods of applying the substance to minimise the risk to operators of coming in contact with capsaicin need to be explored. A method was reported which cuts the beaks with a laser beam in day-old chickens. No details were provided on the type of laser used, or the severity of beak-trimming, but by 16 weeks the beaks of laser trimmed birds resembled the untrimmed beaks, but without the bill tip. Feather pecking and cannibalism during the laying period were highest among the laser trimmed hens. Currently laser machines are available that are transportable and research to investigate the effectiveness of beak-trimming using ablasive and coagulative lasers used in human medicine should be explored. Liquid nitrogen was used to declaw emu toes but was not effective. There was regrowth of the claws and the time and cost involved in the procedure limit the potential of using this process to beak-trim birds.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.213-254
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• 1996

우리나라 촌락지리학의 전문적 연구는 1960년대 중반부터 이루어졌다고 할 수 있 다. 그러나 초창기의 촌락연구는 주제에 대한 개념정리나 이론의 정립, 문제의식의 파악과 같은 학문적 바탕위에서 이루어진 것이 아니라 그 대상을 즉물적.선호적으로 선정하고 실 지답사를 통해 교과서적 항목에 따라 촌락의 입지, 형성과정, 경관형태 등을 나열적으로 다 루는 것이 일반적인 경향이었다. 그러나 국내 지리학계의 촌락연구는 70년대를 지나 80년대 로 접어든 이후부터 괄목할 만한 연구업적을 쌓아 오고 있다. 현재까지 이룩된 연구업적의 약 80%이상이 80년대 후반 이후에 이루어진 것이며 그 내용과 추구하는 방법도 다양해지고 있다. 이들을 주제별로 볼때 농촌경관에 대한 학리적 연구, 공간구조의 파악, 동족촌의 형성 과 그들의 사회화 과정에 의한 지역적 전계, 그리고 농촌인구의 도시지향이동이 촌락의 변 형에 미친 영향 및 그에 대한 대책등 농촌문제.농촌계발 등에 이르기까지 보다 실용적이고 체계적인 연구가 이루어지고 있는 것이다. 이러한 흐름은 이미 서구사회가 경험하였듯이 공 업화.도시화 물결에 가리워져 촌락은 그 존재기반조차 존속하기 어려웠던 그간의 상황에 대한 반작용에서는 당연한 문제의식이라고도 해석할 수 있다. 대한지리학회 창립의 역사가 반세기의 역사라고는 하지만, 촌락지리분야의 전문적 학술활동은 불과 30년의 역사에 지나 지 않는 실정속에서도 후술하는 바와 같이 이 분야에서 5개의 $\ulcorner$ 학맥$\lrcorner$이 형성되어 있다는 것은 최근 우리나라 경제발전 못지 않는 학문상의 성과라고 간주할 수 있다. 본 고에서는 그 동안의 연구내용을 \circled1 농촌및 그와 관련한 연구, \circled2 어촌및 그와 관련한 연구, \circled3 산촌및 그와 관련한 연구, \circled4 특수기능촌락으로 나누어서 그 동안의 연구성과와 동향에 대하여 회 고해 보고 앞으로의 전망에 대하여 조망해 보고자 한다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.626-635
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• 2009

그동안 학교에서 영양교육이 활성화되지 못했던 이유로 가장 많이 언급되었던 '영양사가 교사신분이 아니어서'가 해결된 상황에서 영양교사 자신과 영양교사를 양성하는 교육자 및 영양교사 연수프로그램 개발자들이 관심을 가져야 하는 이슈는 교육시간의 확보, 영양교사의 역할 수행을 위한 자질 강화라고 할 수 있다. 영양교사의 자질은 학교급식과 영양교육 상담의 질을 결정하는 중요한 요소로, 타당성 있고 신뢰도 높은 역량의 규명은 영양교사의 전문적 발전을 위해 반드시 필요한 과정이다. 본 연구에서는 영양교사 양성과정을 수료하거나 과정 중에 있는 영양사와 학교 영양사들을 대상으로 효과적인 영양교사로서 직무 수행에 필요한 역량의 요구도와 영양사가 인식하는 스스로의 역량 수준을 비교 하여 향후 영양교사의 자질향상과 교육 프로그램의 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 학교급식 영양사들은 재무관리를 제외한 모든 영역에서 영양교사가 갖추어야 할 역량에 대한 요구도를 높이 평가하였고 특히 위생 및 안전관리, 영양상담, 영양교육, 교수실무 관련 역량의 요구도를 높이 인식하였다. 그러나 자신의 역량 수준을 평가한 결과에서는 모든 역량이 보통 또는 그 이하의 평가를 받았고 특히 영양교사에게서 요구도가 높았던 영양교육, 영양상담, 교수실무에 대한 스스로의 평가가 낮게 나타났다. 업무영역별로 효과적인 영양교사에게 요구되는 역량의 수준과 영양사 스스로가 평가한 자신의 역량 수준을 비교한 결과에서도 모든 영역에서 역량 요구도가 영양사 자신의 평가보다 유의적으로 높게 나타나 영양교사의 역할을 확대하고 학교에서의 영양교육을 활성화하기 위해 영양교사의 역량 강화를 위한 교육이 필요함을 알 수 있었다. 영양사들이 인식하는 영양교사의 역량 요구도는 영양사의 경력이나 영양교사 관련 교육 종류에 따라 차이가 없었다. 그러나 기존 학교급식 영양사로서 수행해 온 업무와 관련해서는 근무 경력이 증가할수록 역량에 대한 자신의 평가는 높아졌으나 영양교사 도입 후 추가된 업무 영역인 교수실무 관련 역량에 대한 자기 평가는 경력과 반드시 일치하지는 않았다. 향후 영양교사의 양성 및 연수 프로그램 개발에 있어서 강조되어야 할 역량의 우선순위를 결정하기 위해 격자분석을 실시한 결과 영양 및 메뉴 관리 영역, 위생 및 안전관리 영역, 인적자원관리 영역의 역량 등 총 14개 역량이 자신의 평가가 높고 영양교사에게도 계속해서 중요한 역량으로 규명되었고, 영양교육, 영양상담, 교수실무에 속하는 모든 역량은 영양교사에게 요구도는 높으나, 응답자들의 스스로의 평가가 낮은 영역에 포함되어 향후 영양교사 관련 교육에서 가장 우선시 되어야 할 것으로 나타났다. 조사 당시 학교 영양사의 다양한 특성을 반영하고자 두 가지 샘플링 방법을 적용하고, 회수율을 높이기 위해 직접 배포후 회수하거나 응답을 독려하는 우편엽서를 발송했음에도 불구하고 회수율이 32%이었고 서울과 경기지역 학교 영양사만을 대상으로 조사를 실시하여 연구 결과를 전국의 학교 영양사에 일반화하는 데는 한계가 있을 것이다. 그러나 효과적인 영양교사가 갖추어야 할 역량의 종류와 영양사가 인식하는 요구도, 그 역량에 대한 영양사의 자기 평가에 대해서는 처음 보고된 연구라 할 수 있다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 영양교사를 양성하는 대학교와 교육대학원 교육자들이 교육과정 개발에 활용할 수 있을 것이고, 교육청 단위로 이루어지는 영양교사의 연수프로그램 개발에도 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 조사가 영양교사 배치 직전에 실시되어 조사과정중에 고려되지 못했지만 향후에는 영양교사의 경력에 따라 역량의 차이를 파악하여 역량 수준에 따른 차별화된 영양교사 연수프로그램이 개발되어야 할 것이다. 학교급식이 끊임없이 변화하는 환경과 상호작용하는 열린 시스템임을 고려 할 때 효과적인 영양교사로 역할을 수행하기 위해 요구되는 역량의 내용과 중요도 역시 고정된 것이 아니므로 환경 변화에 따라 주기적으로 검토, 보완되어야만 가치가 있을 것이다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.118-129
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• 1993

In order to approach the nursing care of clients who are using oriental medicine and to understand the perception of the client who uses oriental medicine practices and the need to develop a model of nursing related to oriental medicine it is important to examine the major nursing concepts as they are found in oriental medicine and as they are differently defined according to the basic thought, theory and philosophical perspectives between East and West. Oriental medicine developed based on Sung Confucianism the teachings of Chut-zu, especially Tai-Chi-Tu Shuo and energy thought which are similar to traditional Korean Sasang Constitutional medicine. The basic theory on which oriental medicine is build is the theory of the five elements of Yin / Eum-Yang Theory(cosmic dual forces) and Meridian Theory. The most important attribute of Yin Yang is the concept of duality, confrontation and dependence, within Yin Yang but which do not exist separately. That is, the universe is a vast, indivisible entity within which all things exist in harmonious interdependence and balance. Harmony is achieved only when the two primorial forces, Yin and Yang, are brought into perfect balance. Each is contained within the other and there is a continuing interchange between the two. This also applies to the human body including human health which is defined as balanced harmony. The most universal connection of Yin and Yang is found in the universe where the five elements of life, fire, water, earth, wood and metal can be explained as having either Yin or Yang and therefore being in a state of connectedness but systematically circulating between the two, that is essentalilly one (the control of the unified ) or as coexistant poles of individual wholes (the pluralism of Yin Yang Theory) so that it is all unified(balanced) in the Great Absoulte. Human beings also maintain a balance of Yin and Yang in the five elements and this relationship is very important in approaching ·oriental medicine, The meridians are the channels in the body through which the life force flow throughout the body. In oriental medicine the meridians are seen as the railroad, the acupuncture points on the meridians as the stations and energy as the train. In the normal healthy organism, all are maintained in balance and in a contiuous circulation of energy. illness is the result of the energy flow becoming disarranged. Although practitioners of oriental medicine approach the client differently than do practitioners of Western medicine and their method of examining the patient is different, the basic objectives of the examination are the same for practitioners of both types of medicine. Therefore if each could be used to supplement the defiencies in the other and achieve a harmonious cooperation between the two, a higher level of care which is culturally appropriate to korean culture could be achieved. The traditional korean concept of health is a naturalistic view which emphasizes being in harmony with nature. Any manifestation of disease is considered a sign that the body is in a state of disequilibrium and is thus no longer in harmony with the universe. The wholistic view of the world held by practitioners of oriental medicine can be used by nursing in the development of a world view of nursing in which the human being is seen within the macrocosm as part of the natural phenomenon of the universe and but also as a microcosm of the universe, a universe which is a vast and indivisible entity within which all things exist in harmonious interdependence and balance. Interaction between human beings and their environment and the relationship of this interaction to health are concepts that are also found in nursing. Nursing views human brings, not as an accumulation of separate cells and organs but, as unified wholes interacted in very close relationship nth their environment. Nursing also maintains a view of human beings in which emphasis is placed on the role of the mind in explaining the concepts of harmony and balance in health. Although there are differences between oriental medicine and nursing in approaches to clients, the basic point of view and philosophy have many fundamental similarites. An understanding of the basic thought and philosophy of oriental medicine if applied to nursing, would allow for the development, not only of nursing related to oriental medicine, but of a nursing theory appropriate to the korean context.