• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.229-236
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between critical thinking disposition and self-efficacy of college nursing student. Method: Data was collected from 186 nursing students in D and M cities. Result: The average scores were; critical thinking disposition 62.59 and self efficacy 88.91. The critical thinking disposition level was significantly different according to the general characteristics of the high school system. The self-efficacy level was significantly different according to the general characteristics of gender. The critical thinking disposition level and self-efficacy level showed a positive correlation(r=.335, p<.000). Conclusion: A strategy for development of the critical thinking disposition and self-efficacy is needed for nursing students.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.103-135
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• 1997

Today, many organizations are reengineering themselves to develop new ways to thrive in a foreign and unforgiving business environment. However, it is reported that many companies involved in the project of business process reengineering are dissatisfied with their results. Therefore, we developed an exploratory framework based on three constructs such as critical success factors, organizational maturity level, and performance and applied these to help analyze current practice in business process reengineering. To proceed with our research, this paper was organized around two research questions in business process reengineering. We addressed: (1) To what extent does certain critical success factors correlate with performance? and (2) How does the relationships between critical success factors and performance differ by organizational maturity level? From the research results, we could find relationships between critical success factors(i.e., project management, change management, objective management) and performance, and could verify differences in performance of organizations grouped by organizational maturity level.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.115-124
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of intensive and critical care nursing competence in senior nursing students. Methods: The research method for this study comprised a descriptive survey study with a convenience sample of 113 senior nursing students from one university. The instrument entitled ICCN-CS-1, which measures intensive and critical care nursing competence, was translated by the authors following WHO guidelines for translation process. The data were collected using ICCN-CS-1. Results: The mean score of intensive and critical care nursing was above the intermediate level. The competence indices of knowledge, skill and attitude/value were also above the intermediate level, which suggests that their competence is good. For two intensive and critical care nursing domains, the nursing students' mean score of clinical competence is higher than that of professional competence. The competence of intensive and critical care is also influenced by nursing students' satisfaction in their major and clinical practice as well as their confidence in clinical practice. Conclusion: The senior nursing students' competence of intensive and critical care nursing is above the intermediate level. A consideration of the influencing factors of satisfaction of nursing major/ICU practice and confidence of ICU practice is needed in intensive and critical care nursing education.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.310-320
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• 2008

Concentration of tropospheric ozone ($O_3$) was investigated for the South Korea. And then the critical ozone levels, expressed as AOT40 (Accumulated exposure over a threshold of 40 ppb) to vegetation have been used in this region within the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Convention on Long-Range Trans-boundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). Hourly ozone concentration data from 1996 to 2001 at 26 air monitoring stations was used to estimate the exceedance of the critical levels. It was calculated for daylight hours for each station, and mapped using surface interpolation over the South Korea. The critical levels of ozone have shown the highly exceeded value in the Gyeonggi region, southern coastal region and central inland of the South Korea. It was some different from the typical ozone distribution which represented highly in the western inland and coastal regions. The area exceeding the critical level for crops was founded to be more than 40% of the whole South Korean territory. While that for trees was to be about 17% of the South Korea. The critical ozone critical level was based upon data from experiments on specific species, and thus may not be fully representative for all types of vegetation. Nevertheless, the critical level and its exceedance of the ozone concentration would be one of the useful tools for international agreements on abatement strategies to prevent ecosystem damage.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.840-850
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was done to investigate the relationship between critical thinking disposition and clinical competence among nurses in general hospitals. Methods: This study was a descriptive-correlational study with a convenience sample of 560 nurses from 5 general hospitals. The data were collected by self-administered questionnaires. Critical thinking disposition was measured using the Critical Thinking Disposition Scale for Nursing Students. Clinical competence was measured using the Standardized Nurse Performance Appraisal Tool. Results: The mean score for critical thinking disposition and clinical competence was 3.37 and 4.10 respectively on a 5 point scale. A statistically significant correlation was found between critical thinking disposition and clinical competence. A regression model explained 72.8% of clinical competence. Prudence is the most significant predictor of clinical competence ($R^2=.728$). Conclusion: Study findings suggest that nurses with a higher level of critical thinking disposition would have a higher level of clinical competence. Furthermore, prudence might be the most important predictor of clinical competence. In order to strengthen clinical competence in nurses, the development and enhancement of critical thinking should be emphasized at the college level and nurses should be encouraged to make a clinical decision with greater prudence.

• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.240-251
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between critical thinking and academic achievement. Subjects were 396 junior and 371 senior high school students in Busan. The instruments used in this study were Cornell Critical Thinking Test and Academic Achievement Test. The results were as follows : First, there was a sinificant grade level difference in critical thinking. Second, there was a signficant sex difference in critical thinking and there was a significant interaction effect by grade level and sex. Third, critical thinking was significantly related to the students' academic achievement. The implications were discussed and recommendations for future research were made.

• Women's Health Nursing
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.265-274
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• 2011

Purpose: This study determined the correlation between nurses' critical thinking disposition; problem solving process; and nursing performance. It also examined the impact of critical thinking disposition and problem solving process on nursing performance. Methods: The data was collected from 419 nurses. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, scheffe test, pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were performed. Results: Nursing performance showed that there were differences according to age, marital status, educational level, total number of years in the career and the length of employment in the present department. The problem solving process showed differences in the educational level. Critical thinking disposition showed differences according to age, educational level and total number of years in the career. Problem solving process and nursing performance showed a positive relationship whereas critical thinking disposition and nurses' performance showed a positive relationship. Factors affecting nursing performance, were nurses' age, duration of employment in the present department, problem solving process and critical thinking disposition. This model was statistically significant and showed 22.1% of the total variance. Conclusion: The attention of nursing administrators should be drawn to the consideration that a certain amount of experience in the current department is positively related to nursing performance. Furthermore, in order to provide a improvement in professional nursing performance, educational programs towards nurses' critical thinking disposition and problem solving process should be provided.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.179-189
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• 2003

Gate poly-silicon critical dimension is a prime characteristic of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor. It is important to achieve the uniformity of gate poly-silicon critical dimension in order that a semiconductor device has acceptable electrical test characteristics as well as a semiconductor wafer fabrication process has a competitive net-die-per-wafer yield. However, on gate poly-silicon critical dimension, the complexity associated with a semiconductor wafer fabrication process entails hierarchical variance components according to run-to-run, wafer-to-wafer and even die-to-die production unit changes. Specifically, estimates of the hierarchical variance components are required not only for disclosing dominant sources of the variation but also for testing the wafer-level uniformity. In this paper, two experimental designs, a two-stage nested design and a randomized complete block design are considered in order to estimate the hierarchical variance components. Since gate poly-silicon critical dimensions are collected from fixed die positions within wafers, a factor representing die positions can be regarded as fixed in linear statistical models for the designs. In this context, the two-stage nested design also checks the wafer-level uniformity taking all sampled runs into account. In more detail, using variance estimates derived from randomized complete block designs, Duncan's multiple range test examines the wafer-level uniformity for each run. Consequently, a framework presented in this study could provide guidelines to practitioners on estimating the hierarchical variance components and testing the wafer-level uniformity in parallel for any characteristics concerned in semiconductor wafer fabrication processes. Statistical analysis is illustrated for an experimental dataset from a real pilot semiconductor wafer fabrication process.

• 대한공업교육학회지
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.70-85
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze the critical thinking level of activities in technology textbooks. For this purpose, we sampled 5 Technology-Home Economics textbooks of the 2015 revised curriculum and selected 187 activities in the textbooks. The main results of this study are as follows. First, the total score of the critical thinking level is 67.3, which is not high enough. The result of analyzing in the critical thinking level according to unit indicates that activities in units 'Construction(72.8)', 'Invention & Standard(70.4)', and 'Biotechnology & Appropriate Technology(70.4)' are higher score than those in other units, but activities in units 'Transportation & Energy(67.0)', 'Manufacturing(66.1)', and 'Information & Communication(57.0)'units are inadequate for inducing critical thinking. Second, the result of analyzing in the critical thinking level according to type of activity indicates that there is a difference between activities of 'theoretical type(69.3)' and 'practical type(61.5)'. Moreover activities in 'theoretical type' are inadequate for inducing critical thinking.

• Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.1-13
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• 2022

Purpose : The study aimed to identify relationship among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' critical thinking disposition, medication error risk level of high-alert medication, and medication safety competency, as well as the factors affecting medication safety competency. Methods : The participants were 266 ICU nurses of one higher-tier general hospital and one general hospital in Province. The data were collected using structured self-administered questionnaire from August 10 to August 31, 2021. Measurements included the critical thinking disposition questionnaire, nurses's knowledge of high-alert medication questionnaire, the medication safety competency scale. Data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regressions using SPSS/WIN 28.0. Results : In the multiple regression analysis, the medication safety competence has a statistically significant correlation with the working department, the critical thinking disposition, and medication error risk level of high-alert medication. Conclusion : Based on the results of this study, it is suggested to develop and apply an educational strategy that can strengthen the knowledge and skills of critical thinking disposition and medication error risk level of high-alert medication to improve the ICU nurse's medication safety competency.