• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.589-598
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to define the relationships among awareness about the necessity of disaster preparedness education, the actual educational status, preparedness knowledge, and the certainty of knowledge among nurses. The study participants comprised a total of 125 nurses with over 3 months of clinical experience in general hospitals with more than 100 beds in a metropolitan city. Data were collected in January 2016 and analyzed by descriptive statistics, a t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. The results showed meaningful correlations between the existence of educational programs in hospitals and disaster preparedness abilities (r=.29, p=.001). There were also meaningful correlations between educational experience within a year and disaster preparedness abilities (r=.33, p<.001). There was a negative relationship between disaster preparedness abilities and knowledge (r=-.27, p=.003) and a positive relationship with confidence about the correctness of knowledge(r=.23, p=.003). Based on the results, an educational program in a clinical setting is needed to improve the degree of confidence about the correctness of knowledge and ultimately to enhance disaster preparedness abilities.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.251-259
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• 2018

This study was conducted to investigate individuals' mental health on the basis of scores for depression and self-esteem from the Korea Welfare Panel Study (KWPS) and determine their dynamic association with employment status. This study was conducted using the eighth (2013) and ninth (2014) data from the KWPS. To identify factors affecting depression, socio-demographic factors, factors related to mental health, and contents related to employment, such as changes in the employment condition and employment status, were selected and analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, and hierarchial multiple regression to determine the explanatory power. Multiple regression revealed that in Model 1, those who were female, were older, had no spouse, were in the lower income bracket, had lower total self-esteem, and scored higher for depression in the previous period tended to show higher levels of depression. Education had no significant effect and explanatory power for all variables inputted into this model was estimated to be 30.8% (p<0.001). The explanatory power for all variables input into Model 2, which was generated by inputting employment status into Model 1, was estimated to be 30.9%, which was 0.1% higher than for Model 1 (p<0.05). These results indicated that depression was significantly correlated with gender, age, income, presence of a spouse, previous depression, self-esteem, and employment status; accordingly, investigation of the factors that can narrow the gap among variables affecting depression should be conducted and socially supported.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.485-494
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• 2020

This study analyzed the relationship between communication perception and job performance in general hospital nurses in order to provide basic data for efficient personnel and hospital management. For this purposes, data were collected from August 5 to 23, 2019, targeting 392 nurses from 14 general hospitals in Gwangju and Jeonnam and t-test, variance analysis, post hoc analysis, Correlations analysis and multi-regression analysis were conducted. In analyzing the differences between demographical and health characteristics and job performance, there were statistically significant differences in age, working years, salary, satisfaction, locations, health status, health education, chronic diseases and depression. In respect to communication perception and job performance of nurses, age of 30 and job satisfaction (moderate satisfaction and dissatisfaction) had a negative effect, locations had a positive effect, and horizontal communication had the greatest effect on job performance. There was a relation between downward, informal and upward communication and job performance, and the determination coefficient was 45.2%. Based on these results, this study suggested that for higher job performance, we should improve working environment, enhance job satisfaction, organize nursing organization culture with active horizontal, downward, informal and upward communication and develop an efficient personnel management system.

• The Korean Nurse
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• v.15 no.6 s.86
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• pp.42-60
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• 1976

1.행동특성별 제언 1 기본 지식면 첫째, 간호원리, 법칙에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 둘째, 간호학의 용어, 기호, 단어 및 개념에 대한 지식을 갖게 한다. 셋째, 간호원리, 의견, 활동을 검증하고 판단하는 기준에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 넷째, 간호현상의 과정, 경향, 원인, 순서에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 다섯째, 간호문제 요구를 처리하는데 필요한 수단 형식, 체제, 용법에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 여섯째, 학설에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 일곱째, 간호학 분야에서의 특수한 문제나 현상을 다루는데 쓰이는 탐구방법에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 여덟째, 간호 문제나 자료의 분류에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 아홉째, 특수한 사실의 성질, 특징, 정확성에 관한 지식을 갖게 한다. 제언 2 이해능력면 첫째, 간호문제를 창조적으로 해결하고 연구, 발전 시킬 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 둘째 간호현상을 정확하게 추리하고 검증하여 결론을 추출하며 진술하는 능력을 기른다. 셋째, 간호문제를 해석하고 자료를 재정리, 재배열, 또한 새로운 견지에서 해설하는 능력을 기른다. 넷째, 관찰된 간호현상을 설문화 또는 도표화 하는 능력을 기른다. 제언 3 태도면 첫째, 정서적 안정감을 유지하면서 환자와의 인간 관계를 원만하게 유지할 수 있는 태도를 기른다. 둘째, 확신을 갖고 간호활동에 임하는 태도를 기른다. 셋째, 한국사회가 필요로 하는 간호원의 역할을 스스로 감지 적응하고 간호활동 개선에 이바지하는 태도를 기른다. 넷째, 약품을 신중히 다루는 태도를 기른다. 다섯째, 새로운 직을 배워 개척하고자 하는 의욕을 갖게 한다. 제언 4 기능면 첫째, 환자를 이해하고 안정시킬 수 있는 능력을 갖게 한다. 둘째, 간호를 포괄적으로 수행할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 셋째, 간호문제를 창의적으로 처리할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 넷째, 새로운 간호지식이나 기술에 대해서 자율적으로 연수, 학습할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 다섯째, 간호 문제에 대한 흥미와 호기심을 갖게 한다. 여섯째, 병실기구를 과학적이고 합리적으로 관리하는 기능을 기른다. 일곱째, 의료(진료)기구를 조작할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 제언5 비판능력면 첫째, 간호문제나 현상 방법에 있어서 그 가치를 논리적 또는 주관적 기준에 의해 자료를 평가하는 능력을 기른다. 둘째, 일반적인 이론, 학설, 표준 사실에 입각해서 자료를 평가할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 제언 6 분석능력면 첫째, 요소 및 부분들간의 관련과 상호작용 또는 인간관계를 관찰하고 분석할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 둘째, 복잡한 간호문제를 부문별, 요소별로 분석하는 능력을 기른다. 셋째, 자료의 형태, 구조, 형식의 특징과 조직을 분석하는 능력을 기른다. 제언 7 종합 능력면 첫째, 간호계획 절차를 창안할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 둘째, 자기의 생각을 효율적으로 전달하는 능력을 기른다. 셋째, 특수한 간호 현상이나 기본적 명제에서 어떤 추상적 관계를 연역해 낼 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 제언 8 응용능력면 첫째, 간호문제를 해결하는데 실제로 응용 할 수 있는 교육을 시킨다. 둘째, 간호이론을 구체적인 상황에 효율적으로 응용할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 셋째, 지역사회의 특성에 알맞은 간호기술이나 간호절차를 창안할 수 있는 능력을 기른다. 넷째, 간호방법을 모색하고 이용하는 능력을 기른다. 다섯째, 조사를 통해 합리적이고 논리적인 결론을 내릴 수 있는 능력을 기른다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.1170-1177
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between infant's mothers parenting stress, anger and anger expression patterns: The data for this study was collected from 205 among the 3 to 6 years old infant's mothers who attend to the three kindergartens and seven children's house. The instruments used for this study were a self-report questionnaire, PSI(Parenting Stress Index Short Form by Abidin), Anger and Anger-expression patterns. Regression analysis was the statistical method used for data analysis. Results: There were significant positive correlations in the infant's mothers parenting stress, state-trait anger and anger out/in. The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that infant's mothers parenting stress, state and trait anger were significant variables predicting mother's anger expression patterns. Conclusion: This study suggests that the parental education program are necessary which a infant's mother can express positively about anger and decrease parenting stress.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.728-735
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• 2009

This study intends to examine general hospital workers' health promoting lifestyle practice and figure out related factors to it. To achieve that, it conducted a survey with an unsigned self-reported questionnaire to the subject of 580 workers at hospitals located in Daejeon. The degree of practice in the subjects' health promoting lifestyle, the average of the entire questions was 2.26 points and the average of sub-sections was as in the following: 2.62 for interpersonal relations, 2.58 for spiritual growth, 2.26 for nutrition, 2.16 for stress management, 2.00 for health responsibility and 1.89 for physical activity Thus, the section of interpersonal relations showed the highest practice rate, whereas the section of physical activity demonstrated the lowest one. According to the multivariate regression analysis by phase, main factors affecting their health promoting lifestyle practice were selected as stress, attendance in education on health promotion, subjective heath condition, and age. The above results imply that general hospital workers' health promoting lifestyle practice is not sufficient and various factors are involved in it. Accordingly, it is considered that in order to enhance general hospital workers' attention to health promoting lifestyle practice, it is necessary to develop health promoting strategies and programs.

• Quality Improvement in Health Care
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.190-202
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• 2000

Background : The objectives of this study were to examine patients' satisfaction with the DRG based payment method and its association with their awareness of the method, to examine patient reported changes in doctors' caring attitude, level of their out-of-pocket payments, providers' acceptance of patients' request for additional services after the program, and to examine changes in service utilization recorded in medical records. Method : One hundred-four patients who had cesarean sections before and after the demonstration program at two hospitals located in Seoul participated in the study. Patients were surveyed before discharges when their charges were finalized. Their medical records were reviewed as well to collect data for service utilization during hospital stays. The association between patients' satisfaction with the payment method and their awareness of the method was analyzed by ${\chi}^2$-test, and the significance of changes in providers' acceptance of patients' request for additional services and service utilization after the program were examined by ${\chi}^2$-test and t-test, respectively. Results : A large proportion of patients did not know of the DRG based payment method at the time of survey and a significantly larger proportion of patients who came to the hospitals with the knowledge satisfied with the method. About the same proportion of patients reported improvement and deterioration in doctors' caring attitude compare to the previous hospitalizations and a similar result was found concerning out-of-pocket payments. Providers' acceptance of patients' request for medication, PCA and painless delivery decreased significantly after the program whereas the acceptance for additional hospital days and laboratory and radiology tests did not. Length of stay, the numbers of days on antibiotics and antianemic medication, and the number of blood tests decreased significantly after the program, however, decreases in the rate of antianemic medication and the number of urine analyses were not statistically significant. Re-operation, in-hospital death, and complications were not observed before and after the program. Conclusion : The study findings indicated a need for better patient education and publicity about the newly introduced payment method to improve their satisfaction with the system. Other study findings concerning service utilization and quality of care indicators were consistent with the government funded evaluation studies.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.280-292
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• 2016

This descriptive survey assessed knowledge of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses regarding compliance with infection control for six kinds of multi-drug resistant organisms to assist in development of effective intervention strategies. Participants included 210 nurses working in the ICUs of general hospitals who completed a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the nurses' knowledge level and infection control compliance was 10.54 and 3.39 for MRSA; 11.25 and 3.69 for VRE; and 9.60 and 3.49 for CRGNB, respectively[ED highlight - consider providing additional information to describe what these values indicate.]. Knowledge regarding MRSA infection control differed significantly based on age, clinical experience, and experience as a trainee, while compliance with MRSA infection control differed based on age. Knowledge regarding VRE infection control was significantly different based on academic qualification level, experience as a trainee, and whether guidelines existed, while compliance with VRE infection control differed based on academic qualification level and the presence of an isolation environment. Knowledge regarding CRGNB infection control differed significantly based on academic qualification level and experience as a trainee, while compliance with CRGNB infection control differed based on the presence of an isolation environment. Thus, intervention strategies should include education programs for enhancing ICU nurse' knowledge regarding strategies for creating isolation environments.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.1904-1919
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• 2015

This study was conducted to verify the effect of the fall prevention exercise program (FPEP). From 1st June to 14th July in 2014, 52 subjects above the age of 65 in 2 health clinics of A town, J city were randomly assigned to two groups(exercise 31, control 21). While exercise group performed FPEP twice a week for 6 weeks, control group received education only. The results showed significant difference between the two groups in the TUG of physical function(P=.032). There were no statistically significant difference between the two groups in the fear of falls, falls efficacy of mental functions. The result of ultrasound measurement of lower extremity muscles showed statistically significant differences between groups in the 7 items(RF CSA Contraction RF DIS Resting, TA Thickness Contraction, TA P-angle Contraction, GCM Thickness Resting, GCM Thickness Contraction, GCM P-angle Contraction)(p<.05). In conclusion, the FPEP is very effective in the prevention of falls.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.475-486
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• 2009

Regular activity program is needed for managing chronic disease and obesity and preventing falls as a nursing intervention. It seems that serious game will be very important for older people to keep them active with fun to improve their health. This study was conducted to explore the correlations between health problems and computer game needs in the elderly. This was a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was developed and administered to a convenience sample of adults who are older than 55 years, recruited from several places through trained research assistants and research center that has online pools in Korea. 778 subjects (mean age: $61.4\;{\pm}\;5.6$) were participated in this study. The majority of subjects was male (68.6%). We found that there was higher needs for exercise or serious game in the group of ma1e(55.4%), below undergraduate(66.2%), under two family members(32.5%), over 350,000 won of pocket money/month (40.1%), mild depressive symptom (51.7%), and online responser(68%). Especially, they wanted to overcome physical limitations through games. Higher education, more experiences and skills of using computer/internet was statistically and positively significant to the needs for exercise or serious game. In conclusion, there exists a potential market within this demographic group for the use of serious games. Thus, we need to develop senior games in Korean to improve quality of life and health promotion.