• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.295-317
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• 2000

This study was conducted to prevent oral disease of primary school, middle school, and high school students, providing basic data for the development of oral health education programs. Data were collected from 898 primary school, middle school, and high school students from March 2, 1999 to May 31, 1999. The results of this study are summarized as follows; 1) The subjects of this study were primary school students(32.6%), middle school students(33.0%), and high school students(34.4%). Boy students were slightly more prevalent than girl students. That is, primary school boys were 56.3%, middle school boys were 53.2%, and high school boys were 52.6%. 2) According to the self-judgement of oral health, primary school students were better than middle/high school students and boy students were better than girl students, 63.5% of primary school students and 57.8% of middle/high school students brushed their teeth once or twice a day. 3) 76.3% of middle/high school students and 63.5% of primary school students experienced dental caries. Girl students were higher than boy students in experiencing dental caries, 35.9% of primary school students and 27.6% of middle/high school students experienced periodontal disease. 4) 22.9% of primary school students and 7.9% of middle/high school students received oral examinations periodically. Girl students showed a higher rate than boy students in primary school, while boy students showed a higher rate than girl students in middle/high school. 5) Explaining to the reasons for reluctant visits to dental hospitals and clinics, 'no time to go' was highest(22.9% of primary school students; 27.4% of middle/high school students) and the rate of 'feeling scared' was second highest. Middle/high school students were more reluctant to visit dental hospitals and clinics than primary school students. In case of problematic symptoms in the mouth, the rate of 'feeling painful or cold in teeth when eating cold or hot foods' was highest, 71.3% of primary school students was concerned about oral health, while 68.6% of middle/high school students was concerned about it. 6) In gathering to the sources of information on oral health, the rate of medical institutions was highest(30.0%) in primary school students, while the rate of family members or persons around them was highest in middle/high school students. 7) 54.9% of primary school students received oral health education, while 13.1% of middle/high school students received it. Only 4.7% of middle school and high school girls received it. In relation to dental health education, the rate of 'possibility of prevention of oral caries or disease of the gum' was highest. 79.5% of primary school students and 80.3% of middle school students answered that they would attend oral health education. 8) 60.4% of primary school students and 60.2% of middle/high school students think the purpose of oral health is to prevent dental caries and disease of the gums. In preventing dental caries, 78.8% of primary school students and 71.8% of middle school students thought that periodical oral examination was effective, 88.4% of primary school students and 88.8% of middle/high school thought that brushing one's teeth was effective and 64.1% of primary school students and 50.7% of middle school students thought that the use of toothpaste containing fluoride was effective. In preventing periodontal disease, 91.1% of primary school students and 90.2% of middle/high school students thought that brushing one's teeth was effective, while 72.4% of primary school students and 70.3% of middle/high school students thought that teeth cleaning was effective. 9) 16.0% of middle school students and 12.7% of high school students thought that their oral health condition was healthy. According to individual experiences in dental treatment, the rate of experience of middle school students was higher than that of high school students, 12.7% of middle school students received oral examinations periodically, while only 3.3% of high school students did so. 10) In cases of 'having no problematic symptoms in the mouth' and 'concerns about oral health', the rate of middle school students was higher than that of high school students. In gathering obtaining information on oral health, the rate of obtaining it through broadcast media including TV, Radio, etc. was highest in middle school students, while the rate of obtaining it through family members or persons around them was highest in high school students. 11) 81.7% of middle school students have not received oral health education. In case of girl students, 97.3% have not received it in high school students. 85.6% of middle school students and 151.2% of high school students think that oral health education is necessary. 12) According to the knowledge level of oral health, the point of high school students($26.33{\pm}2.33$) was similar to the point of high school students($26.23{\pm}2.30$). It appeared that the point of primary school students was highest($26.35{\pm}2.50$) The more concerned about oral health the students were the higher the knowledge level of oral health was. In conclusion, the middle/high school students' knowledge level of oral health was lower than primary school students. The rate of middle/high School students' experience in oral health education was too low. Therefore, it is necessary to intensify oral health education for middle/high school students. Especially, the necessity of oral health education to girl students is strongly recommended. Developing an oral health education program for primary school, middle school, and high school students, related public authority and organizations, teachers; and dentists must actively make efforts together in order to maintain healthy teeth through having students prevent dental caries and periodontal disease.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.373-380
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• 2004

식품영양학과 학생들의 현장실습에 대한 만족도와 평가도를 알아보고 이에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 찾아봄으로써 보다 효율적인 현장실습 프로그램 개발에 필요한 기초자료를 제시하고자 실시한 본 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 전체 조사대상자 중 대학 2학년생이 155명(67.7%), 대학교 3학년생이 14명 (6.1%), 4학년생이 60명(26.2%)이었으며, 남학생은 14명 (6.1%), 여학생은 215명(93.9%)이었고, 실습기관은 학교급식소 89명 (38.9%), 사업체급식소 107명(46.7%), 병원급식소 33명(14.4%)이었다. 실습기간은 1주가 16명(7.0%), 2주가 192명(83.8%), 3∼4주가 21명(9.2%)으로 2주를 가장 많이 실시하고 있었다. 실습 만족도는 실습지원비(1.90$\pm$1.18)와 실습기관의 위치(2.93$\pm$1.29)항목에서 낮았으며, 실습기관의 종류(3.75$\pm$0.88)와 실습기관의 실습관리자(3.63$\pm$1.05)에 대한 만족도는 높았다. 실습 평가도는 실습에 대한사전 준비 및 계획(3.27$\pm$0.74)과 현장실습이 진로결정에 도움을 주었다(3.61$\pm$1.02)는 항목에서 낮았으며, 실습과제의 수행(4.05$\pm$0.82)과 근무의 성실성(4.02$\pm$0.75)에 대한 평가도는 높았다. 실습기관의 종류와 관리 유형에 따른 현장실습 만족도에서 병원급식소가 학교급식소나 사업체 급식소에 비해 실습기관의 분위기, 실습비, 실습생에 대한 대우 및 처우, 학과 교수의 지도 항목의 만족도가 유의하게 낮았으며(p<0.05, p<0.03, p<0.05, p<0.05), 직영업체가 위탁업 체보다 실습기 관의 종류 등 총 7개 항목에서 만족도가 높았다. 현장실습 평가도는 학교급식소가 병원급식소에 비해 '나는 실습생으로서 성실히 근무하였다'와 '실습에 필요한 내용을 사전에 준비하고 계획하였다'는 항목에서 유의하게 낮았으며(p<0.05, p<0.05), 직영과 위탁의 관리 유형에 따라서는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 현장실습 지역과 거주지가 일치한 실습생이 일치하지 않은 실습생보다 실습생에 대한 대우 및 처우 항목의 만족도(p<0.05)와 '실습장소의 정리정돈과 관리에 힘썼다' '조리원들과 친밀해지고 신뢰받게 되었다'는 항목의 평가도(p<0.05, p<0.01)가 유의하게 높았다. 현장실습 기관과 취업 희망기관이 일치한 실습생이 일치하지 않은 실습생보다 실습기관의 종류, 위치 등 총 8개 항목의 만족도가 유의하게 높았으나 실습 평가도는 두 군간에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 현장실습 기간, 실습비, 실습 만족도와 평가도간의 상관관계를 살펴보았을 때, 실습기간은 실습기관의 분위기, 실습생에 대한 대우 및 처우 항목의 만족도와 정의 상관관계(p<0.05, p<0.05)를 보인 반면, '부과된 과제를 수행하는데 최선을 다했다'는 평가도와는 부의 상관(p<0.05)을 보였다. 실습기관으로부터 받은 실습비는 실습지원비, 실습생에 대한 대우 및 처우, 학과 교수의 지도에 대한 만족도(p<0.001, p<0.05, p<0.05) 및 '나는 실습생으로서 성실히 근무했다' 등 총 5개 항목의 평 가도와 정의 상관관계를 보였다. 실습 만족도와 평가도는 대부분의 항목에서 정의 상관을 보여 실습 만족도가 높을수록 평가도도 높았다. 이상의 연구결과를 종합할 때 식품영양학과 현장실습생들은 실습지원비와 실습기관의 위치 면에서 만족도가 낮고 현장실습업무 수행상 실습에 대한 사전 준비 와 계획이 부족하다고 평가하고 있었다. 학교나 사업체 급식소, 직영업체, 실습기관이 거주지역에 있거나 취업 희망기관과 일치 할 경우 실습 만족도가 높았으며, 특히 실습기관이 거주지역에 있거나 취업 희망기관과 일치할 경우에는 현장실습업무에도 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 식품영양학과의 현장실습이 매우 중요한 시점에서 이와 같은 요인들을 고려하여 현장실습의 효율을 높이고 체계화시켜 나가기 위한 학교, 실습기관, 정부 차원의 노력과 정책적 지원이 요구된다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.19-28
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• 1962

전라남도(全羅南道)의 각군(各郡)에서 대표(代表)가 될 만한 죽림(竹林) 20개(個)를 선정(選定)코 죽간(竹桿)의 몇가지 형질(形質)과 축적(蓄積)에 대(對)하여 조사(調査) 고찰(考察)한 결과(結果)를 간추려 보면 다음과 같다. (1) 반당(反當) 평균(平均) 죽림(立竹) 본수(本數)는 벌죽(伐竹)의 전(前)의 경우에 전체(全體)(20개림(個林)) 평균(平均)으로 1,183본(本)이고, 개별적(個別的)으로는 해남군(海南郡) 민씨림(閔氏林)의 1840본(本)이 최고(最高), 장성군(長城郡) 이씨림(李氏林)과 보성고음(寶城古邑)의 박씨림(朴氏林)의 875본(本)이 최저(最低)였고, (2) 1960죽년도(竹年度)의 흉년(凶年)에 이어 1961죽년도(竹年度)는 대풍년(大豊年)으로 모죽(母竹) 본수(本數)에 대(對)한 신줄(新竹)의 백분(百分) 대조비(對照比)가 58.7에 달(達)했으며, 그 최고(最高)는 110.5 최저(最低)는 16.8의 치(値)를 주고 있다. (3) 안고(眼高) 주위(周圍)는 전체(全體) 평균(平均)이 6.5 촌(寸)이고, 극치(極値)로는 11.7 촌(寸)가 최고(最高)이며, 신죽(新竹)의 평균치(平均値)는 6.3 촌(寸) 모죽(母竹)의 치(値)는 6.6 촌(寸)로 신죽(新竹)의 경우가 0.3 촌(寸)나 감소(減少)하고 있다. (4) 절간장(節間長)은 전체(全體) 평균(平均)이 9.8 촌(寸), 극치(極値)는 최고(最高)가 12.8촌(寸), 최저(最低)가 7.1촌(寸)를 기록(記錄)하고 있다. 또 신죽(新竹)의 평균치(平均値)는 9.2 촌(寸)로서 모죽(母竹)의 평균(平均) 9.8 촌(寸)보다 0.6 촌(寸)나 낮은 치(値)를 보여 주고 있다. (5) 축적(蓄積)은 전체평균(全體平均)이 반당(反當) 271속(束)이고, 개별(個別) 최고치(最高値)는 445속(束), 최저치(最低値)는 126속(束)으로 319속(束)이란 큰 교차(較差)를 주고 있다. (6) 일본(日本)의 상전(上田)이 말하는 양죽림(良竹林) 표준(標準)에 완전(完全)히 통과(通過)할 수 있는 죽림(竹林)이란 20개림(個林) 중(中) 1개림(個林)에 불과(不過)하나 표(表) 9에 열거(列擧)한 8개림(個林)은 양죽림(良竹林)으로 추천(推薦) 하더라도 아우런 손색(遜色)이 없을 것으로 사료(思料)됨. (7) 본조사(本調査)를 통(通)하여 본도(本道)의 죽림(竹林) 관리(管理) 상태(狀態)는 대체(大體)로 원시적(原始的)이며 약탈적(掠奪的)인 경영(經螢) 방식(方式)을 취(取)하고 있음을 알았는데 그래도 이 정도(程度)의 죽림(竹林)을 얻을 수 있었다는 것은 앞으로 구태(舊態) 의연(依然)한 관리(管理) 방식(方式)을 탈피(脫皮)하고 과학적(科學的)인 경영(經螢) 방식(方式)을 도입(導入)할 수 있다면 상당(相當)한 증산(增産)을 기대(期待)할 수 있으리라고 믿는다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권10호
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• pp.845-855
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• 2004

배경: 흉벽을 침범한 pT3N0 비소세포폐암 환자에서 수술 후 방사선치료를 추가하는 것이 필요한지의 여부와 적절한 방사선치료의 조사영역에 관해서는 아직 정립된 이론이 없다. 본 연구에서는 흉벽침범 pT3N0 비소세포폐암 환자들에서 수술 단독치료 환자들과 수술 후 흉벽부위에 대한 방사선치료를 추가한 환자들에 대한 후향적 분석을 수행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1994년 8월부터 2002년 6월까지 성균관의대 삼성서울병원에서 흉벽침범 pT3N0 비소세포폐암으로 확인된 환자는 모두 38명이었다. 이중 수술 단독으로 치료한 환자가 16명이었고 수술 후 방사선치료를 추가한 환자는 22명이었다. 수술 단독 치료 환자들 중 4명은 방사선치료의 추가를 권유하였으나 환자의 거부(3명),수술 상처의 지연 치유(1명)등으로 방사선치료를 시행하지 못하였다. 방사선치료는 원발종양에 의해 침범된 흉벽과 그 주변 조직에만 국한하여 최소 54 Gy를 조사하도록 하였다 (1회선량 1.8～2.0 Gy, 주 5회 치료). 환자들의 예후인자, 생존율과 재발양상을 후향적으로 분석, 비교하였다. 결과: 환자의 특성을 비교했을 때 수술 단독 치료 환자들이 나이, 종양의 크기, 흉벽의 침범정도, 수술 합병증 등에서 방사선치료를 추가한 환자들에 비해 불량한 예후 인자가 많은 경향을 보였다. 전체 환자의 5년 생존율, 무병 생존율, 국소종양 억제율, 무원격전이 생존율은 각각 35.3%, 30.3%, 80.9%, 36.3%였다. 연령이 65세 이하일 때, 종양의 크기가 6 cm미만일 때, 병리소견 상 종양이 벽측 흉막까지만 침범한 경우에 그렇지 않은 경우들에 비해서 더 높은 생존율을 보였으나, 통계적으로 의미 있는 차이는 아니었다. 단지 수술 후 방사선치료의 추가는 통계적으로 의미 있는 생존율 향상과 관련된 인자였는데, 이것은 다변량 분석에서도 역시 의미 있게 나타났다. 수술 후 방사선치료를 추가한 환자들과 수술 단독만을 시행한 환자들의 생존율을 비교해 보았을 때, 중앙 생존율이 각각 26개월과 15개월이었고, 5년 전체 생존율은 각각 43.3%와 25.0% (p=0.03), 무병 생존율은 36.9%와 18.8%, 국소종양 억제율은 84.9%와 79.4%, 무원격전이 생존율은 43.1%와 21.9% (p: NS)이었다. 수술 단독 치료 환자들 중 재발 없이 다른 질병으로 사망한 환자가 3명 있었다. 실패양상의 분석에서 원격전이가 있었던 환자가 방사선치료를 추가한 환자들에서 10명, 수술 단독 치료 환자들에서 10명이었고, 국소재발이 있었던 환자는 각각 2명, 3명, 영역재발이 있었던 환자는 각각 1명씩이었다. 방사선치료와 관련되는 급성 및 만성 부작용은 드물었으며 모두 RTOG 2등급 이하였다. 결론: 흉벽침범 pT3 비소세포페암의 치료성공에 있어 가장 중요한 요소는 완전절제를 통한 국소 제어인 바, 수술소견 상 충분한 여유 절제연의 확보가 불가능한 경우 수술 후 방사선치료를 추가하여 국소 제어율을 높이도록 도모하는 것은 충분한 당위성을 갖는다. 또 방사선치료 조사영역의 결정에 있어서도 선택적 림프절 방사선조사를 배제함으로써 영역림프절 재발의 과도한 위험 부담 없이도 급성 및 만성 부작용의 위험을 현저히 감소시켜 환자의 삶의 질을 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.14-25
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• 2001

목적 : 통증에 있어서의 성별차이에 대한 연구결과에 있어서 일치하지 않고 있다. 이에 암환자를 대상으로 성별에 따른 통증정도를 살펴보고, 통증과 우울 및 활동도의 상호작용에 있어서도 성별에 따른 차이가 있는 지를 규명하기 위함이다. 방법 : 1999년 2월부터 6월까지 서울소재 S대학교 병원 혈액종양내과에 입원 또는 외래치료중인 암환자 140명(남성 78명, 여성 62명)을 대상으로 하였으며, 통증정도는 한국판 간이 통증 평가도구(BPI-K), 우울은 한국판 Beck Depression Inventory를 이용한 설문지를 통하여 수집되었고, 기타 인구학적 및 임상학적 자료는 의무기록 열람 및 주치의의 의견을 참조하여 수집되었다. 대상자를 서술하기위해 빈도, 평균, 표준편차를 구하였으며, 집단간 비교에서 불연속척도는chi-square test를 하였고, 연속척도는 t-test를 하였으며, 변인간 상관관계는 Pearson 상관계수를 구하였다. 결과 : 1) 통증의 중증도의 경우 통증정도가 24시간 동안 가장 심했을 때 통증 평균은 남성이 5.77점, 여성이 6.45점이었다. 통증으로 인한 지장정도는 남성의 경우 기분(5.49점), 인생을 즐김(5.36점), 통상적인 일(5.00점)이 순이었으나, 여성의 경우는 통상적인 일(7.48점), 인생을 즐김(7.16점), 기분6.53점) 순이었다. 2) 통증의 중증도의 경우 24시간 동안 평균 통증정도(t=-2.130, P=.035)에서 남성과 여성간에 유의한 차이가 나타났으며, 통증으로 인한 장애정도에서는 활동(t=-2.450, P=.015), 기분(t=-2,321, P=.022), 보행 능력(t=-2.762, P=.007), 통상적인 일(t=-4.946, P=.000), 대인관계(t=-2.595, P=.010), 수면(t=-2.071, P=.040), 인생을 즐김(t=-3.198, P=.001)에서 남성과 여성간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 3) 통증과 우울과의 상관관계 분석결과, 통증의 중증도에서 남성의 경우 24시간동안 가장 심했을 때 통증정도와 우울(r=0.323, P<.05), 평균 통증정도와 우울(r=.236, P<.05) 및 조사당시 바로 지금 느끼는 통증정도와 우울(r=0.248, P<.05)이 통계적으로 유의한 정적 상관관계가 나타난 반만 여성에서는 조사당시 바로 지금 느끼는 통증정도와 우울(r=.250, P<.05)만이 유의한 정적상관관계가 나타났다. 통증으로 인한 지장정도의 경우 남성은 모든 항목과 우울간 유의한 정적상관관계가 나타난 반만 여성에서는 전 항목과 우울간에 유의한 관계가 나타나지 않았다. 통증과 활동성 정도와의 상관관계 분석결과, 통증의 중증도에서 남성의 경우 24시간동안 가장 심했을 때 통증정도와 활동성 정도(r=0.378, P<.05), 평균 통증정도와 활동성 정도가(r=.330, P<.05)가 유의한 정적상관관계가 나타난 반면, 여성에서는 활동성 정도와 통증의 중증도는 유의한 관계가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 남성은 관계를 제외한 모든 항목의 통증으로 인한 지장정도와 활동성 정도가 유의한 정적상관관계가 나타난 반만 여성에서는 보행 능력, 통상적인 일, 인생을 즐김 항목과 활동성 정도간 유의한 정적 상관관계가 있었다. 결론 : 암환자의 통증정도 및 지장정도는 여성이 남성보다 높았으며, 통증과 우울 및 활동도와의 상관관계에서 차이를 보였다. 앞으로 암성통증 관리 대책 수립시 여성과 남성의 이러한 차이를 고려하여야 한다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.13-40
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• 1972

Much has teed changed in the field of hospital administration in the It wake of the rapid development of sciences, techniques ana systematic hospital management. However, we still have a long way to go in organization, in the quality of hospital employees and hospital equipment and facilities, and in financial support in order to achieve proper hospital management. The above factors greatly effect the ability of hospitals to fulfill their obligation in patient care and nursing services. The purpose of this study is to determine the optimal methods of standardization and quality nursing so as to improve present nursing services through investigations and analyses of various problems concerning nursing administration. This study has been undertaken during the six month period from October 1971 to March 1972. The 41 comprehensive hospitals have been selected iron amongst the 139 in the whole country. These have been categorized according-to the specific purposes of their establishment, such as 7 university hospitals, 18 national or public hospitals, 12 religious hospitals and 4 enterprise ones. The following conclusions have been acquired thus far from information obtained through interviews with nursing directors who are in charge of the nursing administration in each hospital, and further investigations concerning the purposes of establishment, the organization, personnel arrangements, working conditions, practices of service, and budgets of the nursing service department. 1. The nursing administration along with its activities in this country has been uncritical1y adopted from that of the developed countries. It is necessary for us to re-establish a new medical and nursing system which is adequate for our social environments through continuous study and research. 2. The survey shows that the 7 university hospitals were chiefly concerned with education, medical care and research; the 18 national or public hospitals with medical care, public health and charity work; the 2 religious hospitals with medical care, charity and missionary works; and the 4 enterprise hospitals with public health, medical care and charity works. In general, the main purposes of the hospitals were those of charity organizations in the pursuit of medical care, education and public benefits. 3. The survey shows that in general hospital facilities rate 64 per cent and medical care 60 per-cent against a 100 per cent optimum basis in accordance with the medical treatment law and approved criteria for training hospitals. In these respects, university hospitals have achieved the highest standards, followed by religious ones, enterprise ones, and national or public ones in that order. 4. The ages of nursing directors range from 30 to 50. The level of education achieved by most of the directors is that of graduation from a nursing technical high school and a three year nursing junior college; a very few have graduated from college or have taken graduate courses. 5. As for the career tenure of nurses in the hospitals: one-third of the nurses, or 38 per cent, have worked less than one year; those in the category of one year to two represent 24 pet cent. This means that a total of 62 per cent of the career nurses have been practicing their profession for less than two years. Career nurses with over 5 years experience number only 16 per cent: therefore the efficiency of nursing services has been rated very low. 6. As for the standard of education of the nurses: 62 per cent of them have taken a three year course of nursing in junior colleges, and 22 per cent in nursing technical high schools. College graduate nurses come up to only 15 per cent; and those with graduate course only 0.4 per cent. This indicates that most of the nurses are front nursing technical high schools and three year nursing junior colleges. Accordingly, it is advisable that nursing services be divided according to their functions, such as professional, technical nurses and nurse's aides. 7. The survey also shows that the purpose of nursing service administration in the hospitals has been regulated in writing in 74 per cent of the hospitals and not regulated in writing in 26 per cent of the hospitals. The general purposes of nursing are as follows: patient care, assistance in medical care and education. The main purpose of these nursing services is to establish proper operational and personnel management which focus on in-service education. 8. The nursing service departments belong to the medical departments in almost 60 per cent of the hospitals. Even though the nursing service department is formally separated, about 24 per cent of the hospitals regard it as a functional unit in the medical department. Only 5 per cent of the hospitals keep the department as a separate one. To the contrary, approximately 12 per cent of the hospitals have not established a nursing service department at all but surbodinate it to the other department. In this respect, it is required that a new hospital organization be made to acknowledge the independent function of the nursing department. In 76 per cent of the hospitals they have advisory committees under the nursing department, such as a dormitory self·regulating committee, an in-service education committee and a nursing procedure and policy committee. 9. Personnel arrangement and working conditions of nurses 1) The ratio of nurses to patients is as follows: In university hospitals, 1 to 2.9 for hospitalized patients and 1 to 4.0 for out-patients; in religious hospitals, 1 to 2.3 for hospitalized patients and 1 to 5.4 for out-patients. Grouped together this indicates that one nurse covers 2.2 hospitalized patients and 4.3 out-patients on a daily basis. The current medical treatment law stipulates that one nurse should care for 2.5 hospitalized patients or 30.0 out-patients. Therefore the statistics indicate that nursing services are being peformed with an insufficient number of nurses to cover out-patients. The current law concerns the minimum number of nurses and disregards the required number of nurses for operation rooms, recovery rooms, delivery rooms, new-born baby rooms, central supply rooms and emergency rooms. Accordingly, tile medical treatment law has been requested to be amended. 2) The ratio of doctors to nurses: In university hospitals, the ratio is 1 to 1.1; in national of public hospitals, 1 to 0.8; in religious hospitals 1 to 0.5; and in private hospitals 1 to 0.7. The average ratio is 1 to 0.8; generally the ideal ratio is 3 to 1. Since the number of doctors working in hospitals has been recently increasing, the nursing services have consequently teen overloaded, sacrificing the services to the patients. 3) The ratio of nurses to clerical staff is 1 to 0.4. However, the ideal ratio is 5 to 1, that is, 1 to 0.2. This means that clerical personnel far outnumber the nursing staff. 4) The ratio of nurses to nurse's-aides; The average 2.5 to 1 indicates that most of the nursing service are delegated to nurse's-aides owing to the shortage of registered nurses. This is the main cause of the deterioration in the quality of nursing services. It is a real problem in the guest for better nursing services that certain hospitals employ a disproportionate number of nurse's-aides in order to meet financial requirements. 5) As for the working conditions, most of hospitals employ a three-shift day with 8 hours of duty each. However, certain hospitals still use two shifts a day. 6) As for the working environment, most of the hospitals lack welfare and hygienic facilities. 7) The salary basis is the highest in the private university hospitals, with enterprise hospitals next and religious hospitals and national or public ones lowest. 8) Method of employment is made through paper screening, and further that the appointment of nurses is conditional upon the favorable opinion of the nursing directors. 9) The unemployment ratio for one year in 1971 averaged 29 per cent. The reasons for unemployment indicate that the highest is because of marriage up to 40 per cent, and next is because of overseas employment. This high unemployment ratio further causes the deterioration of efficiency in nursing services and supplementary activities. The hospital authorities concerned should take this matter into a jeep consideration in order to reduce unemployment. 10) The importance of in-service education is well recognized and established. 1% has been noted that on the-job nurses. training has been most active, with nursing directors taking charge of the orientation programs of newly employed nurses. However, it is most necessary that a comprehensive study be made of instructors, contents and methods of education with a separate section for in-service education. 10. Nursing services'activities 1) Division of services and job descriptions are urgently required. 81 per rent of the hospitals keep written regulations of services in accordance with nursing service manuals. 19 per cent of the hospitals do not keep written regulations. Most of hospitals delegate to the nursing directors or certain supervisors the power of stipulating service regulations. In 21 per cent of the total hospitals they have policy committees, standardization committees and advisory committees to proceed with the stipulation of regulations. 2) Approximately 81 per cent of the hospitals have service channels in which directors, supervisors, head nurses and staff nurses perform their appropriate services according to the service plans and make up the service reports. In approximately 19 per cent of the hospitals the staff perform their nursing services without utilizing the above channels. 3) In the performance of nursing services, a ward manual is considered the most important one to be utilized in about 32 percent of hospitals. 25 per cent of hospitals indicate they use a kardex; 17 per cent use ward-rounding, and others take advantage of work sheets or coordination with other departments through conferences. 4) In about 78 per cent of hospitals they have records which indicate the status of personnel, and in 22 per cent they have not. 5) It has been advised that morale among nurses may be increased, ensuring more efficient services, by their being able to exchange opinions and views with each other. 6) The satisfactory performance of nursing services rely on the following factors to the degree indicated: approximately 32 per cent to the systematic nursing activities and services; 27 per cent to the head nurses ability for nursing diagnosis; 22 per cent to an effective supervisory system; 16 per cent to the hospital facilities and proper supply, and 3 per cent to effective in·service education. This means that nurses, supervisors, head nurses and directors play the most important roles in the performance of nursing services. 11. About 87 per cent of the hospitals do not have separate budgets for their nursing departments, and only 13 per cent of the hospitals have separate budgets. It is recommended that the planning and execution of the nursing administration be delegated to the pertinent administrators in order to bring about improved proved performances and activities in nursing services.