• 사회복지연구
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• 제37호
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• pp.345-368
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 장애인거주시설 중 장애유형별생활시설, 장애인공동생활가정, 장애인자립홈의 이용자 1인당 거주시설 보호비용을 산출하고, 이를 시설유형별, 세입재원별, 장애정도별로 비교하여 어떠한 차이가 있는지를 살펴보는데 있다. 보다 엄밀한 보호비용 산출을 위하여 회계분야에서 사용하는 원가분석(cost-analysis)방법을 활용하여 거주시설 이용자 1인당 연간 보호비용(단위원가)을 산출하였다. 연구결과 거주시설 유형별로 생활시설은 약 15,000천원 ~ 20,000천원, 공동생활가정은 약 10,000천원 ~ 11,000천원, 자립홈은 약 4,025천원으로 나타났다. 장애정도가 유사한 이용자들만을 별도로 선정하여 거주시설 유형별 보호비용의 차이를 살펴본 결과, 생활시설에 거주하는 이용자가 공동생활가정 이용자보다 높았고, 공동생활가정 이용자는 자립홈 이용자보다 높게 나타났다. 이로써 우리나라에서 주장되고 있는 시설보호의 '규모의 경제' 논리는 실증적인 근거에 반한다고 할 수 있다. 서비스 효과측면에서 뿐만 아니라 비용측면에서도 향후 정책방향은 소규모 지역사회시설을 중심으로 공급을 확대하는 것이 필요하다. 이와 함께 현재 턱 없이 낮게 설정되어 있는 소규모 지역사회거주시설에 대한 정부의 재정지원 수준을 높이는 일도 중요한 과제라고 할 수 있을 것이다.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.296-308
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the noise level and frequency experienced by premature infants receiving incubator care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: The participants were 20 premature infants receiving incubator care in the NICU of a university hospital in Daejeon Metropolitan city. The noise level was measured using a professional sound-level meter (ET-958, FLUS, Shenzhen, China) based on a noise classification table developed by the author. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, the t-test, analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation coefficients using SPSS for Windows version 22.0. Results: The average noise level experienced by premature infants receiving incubator care in the NICU was 51.25 dB (range: 45.0~81.7 dB). The frequency of noises was highest for factors related to nursing activities (40.3%), followed by human factors (29.1%), machine alarm sounds (20.1%), incubator operation (6.6%), and internal environmental factors (3.9%). Conclusion: According to the above results, the noise level experienced by premature infants receiving incubator care in the NICU exceeded the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an interventional program to reduce noise in the NICU, and to conduct follow-up studies to verify its effectiveness.

• 중환자간호학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2015

Purpose: This study identified the current status and perception of intensive care unit nurses' handover. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive survey was employed. The population included nurse managers and staff nurses who worked in intensive care units in hospitals with more than 500 beds and excluded nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals, and military hospitals. Results: Of the nurses, 61.7% were satisfied with the current handover method, 68.36% had no handover-related guidelines, and 83.2% of them perceived that the handover was important for patients' safety. The most frequent cause for errors related to handover was that the "nursing workload is heavy." The nurses perceived that their handover was informative ($5.62{\pm}0.79$) and efficient ($5.04{\pm}0.98$). The variables associated with their perception of the handover were the level of satisfaction with the current handover method, existence of handover guidelines, and importance of handover for patient safety. Conclusion: The development of standardized handover guidelines, especially for intensive care units, is necessary to reduce handover time and errors and to improve handover quality for patients'safety and high standards of nursing care.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.339-353
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• 2021

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the educational needs for practicing neonatal intensive care among Korean nursing students. Methods: An explorative, sequential, mixed-methods design was used. Qualitative content analysis was conducted of in-depth interviews of six nursing students, five clinical practice faculty members, and five nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit. The results of a survey of 174 nursing students were analyzed quantitatively. Results: Nursing students, clinical practice faculty members, and nurses wanted opportunities for direct nursing practice and education in school during neonatal intensive care practice. In terms of specific educational content, nursing students expressed the highest observation-related educational needs for communication with medical team members, and they expressed the highest practice-related educational needs for operating medical equipment used for neonatal intensive care. The nursing students' needs with regard to the method of practice education were highest for orientation from the head nurses. Conclusion: Communication and operating medical equipment were found to be areas with high educational needs for practicing neonatal intensive care among Korean nursing students. Further research is needed to develop an educational framework and setting for practicing neonatal intensive care that would meet their needs.

• 중환자간호학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2022

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to not only examine the importance and performance status of patient safety nursing activities in the intensive care unit but also to understand nurses' educational needs in this respect. Methods : In this descriptive study, 196 nurses working in the intensive care units of university hospitals located at B City and G Province were enrolled. They completed the Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) questionnaire, and the data were statistically analyzed. Results : Mean±standard deviation item scores of importance and performance of patient safety nursing activities were 4.75±0.33 and 4.48±0.38, respectively. In the IPA results, a total of 10 items were included in the second quadrant, including 1 item related to 'transfer,' 1 to 'infection,' and 1 to 'firefighting surveillance.' As the second quadrant contains the high-importance, low-performance items, these 10 items resemble the nurses' educational needs that should be prioritized. Conclusion : The results of this study can be used as a basis for the development of nursing educational programs for patient safety in the intensive care unit.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.256-270
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• 2000

Invasive hemodynamic monitoring has become a valuable assessment parameters in critical care nursing in patients undergoing open heart surgery patients. During cardiac surgery, the Swan Ganz catheter is placed in the pulmonary artery. Critical care nurses routinely obtain cardiac output, cardiac index, and pulmonary arterial pressure in these patients. Traditionally, patients are positioned flat and supine for cardiac output measurement. Numerous studies have dealt with the effects of changing position on the hemodynamic variables. However, there are a few studies dealing with patients who undergo cardiac surgery in Korea. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of changing position on cardiac output, PAP, CVP, BP, HR and discomfort in patients after cardiac surgery. A sample of 21 adults who had CABG and/or valve replacement with Swan Ganz catheters in place was studied. The data were collected in the cardiac ICU of a university hospital in Seoul during the period from July 28, 1999 to August 30. 1999. In this study, the independent variable is patient position in the supine, 30 degree, and 45 degree angles. Dependent variables are C.O., C.I., CVP, PAP, MAP, HR and patients' perceived discomforts. Subject discomfort was measured subjectively by visual analogue scale. Other hemodynamic data where collected by the thermodilution method and by direct measurement. The data were analyzed by percentile, t-test, ANOVA, Linear regression analysis using SPSS-/WIN program. The results are as follows : 1) Changes in cardiac output were absent in different angle positions, 0, 30. 45 degrees(F=.070, P=.932). Changes in cardiac index were absent in different angle positions, 0. 30, 45 degrees(P>.05). 2) Changes in central venous pressure were absent in different angle positions, 0, 30, 45 degree(P>.05). 3) PAP had no change in different angle 0, 30, 45 degree positions; systolic PAP(P>.05), diastolic PAP(P>.05). 4) Changes in systolic blood pressure were absent in different angle positions, 0, 30, 45 degree(P>.05). 5) Changes in heart rates were absent in different angle positions, 0, 30, 45 degree(P>.05). 6) Patients' perceived discomfort was absent in different angle positions, 0, 30, 45 degree(p<.05). In conclusion, critical care nurses can measure C.O., C.I., PAP, BP, & CVP in cardiac surgery patients at 30 degree or 45 degree positions. This can improve the patients' comfort.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.209-219
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• 2009

목적: 본 연구는 단일군 사전 사후 원시실험설계 연구로서 호스피스완화의료병동 입원 환자를 위한 전인적 호스피스간호중재 프로그램("무지개 프로그램")의 자아존중감과 영적안녕에 대한 효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 방법: 2004년 4월 6일부터 2005년 4월 20일까지 경북포항시 소재 선린병원의 호스피스완화의료병동에 입원한 만18세 이상의 성인 환자로서 의사소통이 가능하여 연구참여에 서면 동의한 27명을 대상으로 사전조사 후 2주간, 총 10회(회당 120분)로 구성된 전인적 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램 제공 후, 사후 조사를 실시하였다. 효과 검정을 위해 자아존중감 측정 도구로는 성인용으로 수정보완된 Self Esteem Questionnaire (SEQ), 영적안녕 측정도구로는 Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire를 사용하였으며, 자료분석은 SPSS/WIN 12.0 프로그램을 이용하여 Paired t-test로 분석하였다. 결과: 1. 가설 1 '전인적 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램을 제공받은 호스피스완화의료병동 입원환자(이하 실험군)는 실험 전보다 실험 후의 자아존중감 정도가 높을 것이다'는 지지되었다(t=11.554, P<0.000) 2. 가설 2 '전인적 호스피스 간호중재 프로그램을 제공받은 실험군은 실험 전보다 실험 후의 영적안녕 정도가 높을 것이다'는 지지되었다(t=6.387, P<0.000). 결론: 전인적 호스피스간호중재 프로그램은 호스피스완화의료병동 입원환자의 자아존중감과 영적안녕을 증진시키는 데 효과적이므로, 호스피스완화의료 병동에 입원한 말기환자를 위해 임상 실무에서 적용 가능하며, 호스피스 전문직의 다학제적 팀 접근 모델로 연구, 교육 측면에서도 유용하리라 생각한다.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.114-119
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• 2009

Purpose: The effectiveness of an infection control program is important to hospital quality improvement and decreases of mortality rate and prevalence. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most common pathogen causing nosocomial infection. The aim of the study was to identify the most important risk factors for acquiring an MRSA, to evaluate the MRSA incidence rates after the nursing intervention in Neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: Clinical data were collected prospectively from December 2008 until July 2009 in Neurosurgery ICU. The patients were divided into preintervention and postintervention groups. An infection was defined as an MRSA if it occurred 48 hr after admission to the Unit. Infection control program including hand washing, education of health care workers about MRSA, standard precaution and contact isolation of patients were applied for three month. Results: A total of 85 patients were included in the study. Forty-five patients of S. aurerus were detected. Among 45 of S. aurerus, MRSA were isolated from 38 patients. The incidence MRSA rate of postintervention group was 26.9% while incidence MRSA rate of preintervention group was 66.7%. In total, The incidence MRSA rate was 44.7%. The incidence of MRSA have decreased in the postintervention as compared with the preintervention group. Conclusion: The infection control program for MRSA was effective to decrease the MRSA isolation rate. The health care workers regular hand washing, education of nosocomial infection control is important enough to be emphasized.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.296-306
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was done to compare the physical injury, emotional response and unplanned self-removal of medical devices in patients with physical restraints and patients not restrained. Methods: Eighty patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital in Seoul participated in this study. Forty patients made up each group and the group not restrained was matched with the restraint group for age and history of smoking and alcohol consumption. Data on occurrence of physical injury, intensity of anxiety, stage of agitation and unplanned self-removal of medical devices were collected by observation and medical chart review using a structured instrument. Statistical processing of collected data was done with the SPSS WIN 17.0 program. Results: The physically restrained group experienced more physical injuries and recorded significantly higher levels of anxiety and agitation than the unrestrained group. However, there were no significant differences between the groups in occurrence of unplanned self-removal of medical devices. Conclusion: Results indicate a need for critical care nurses to carefully monitor physical injuries and emotional responses of physically restrained patients and to develop nursing interventions to prevent adverse effects associated with restraint use. There is also a need to develop patient safety guidelines when using physical restraints.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.297-307
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• 2021

Purpose: This descriptive study compared the perceived parental stress levels between parents with very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs) and nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: In total, 83 parents of VLBWIs and 78 NICU nurses were enrolled. Data were collected with the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) and analyzed using the t-test and analysis of variance in SAS version 9.4. Results: The average PSS score was 3.31 among parents and 3.45 among nurses. The stress score was significantly higher among nurses with children (t=2.46, p=.016) and senior nurses (t=2.12, p=.037). There was a significant difference in the stress score according to parents' education (t=3.29, p=.002) and occupation (F=3.14, p=.049) in the sights and sounds subscale. Mothers had significantly higher stress scores than fathers in the parental role alterations subscale (t=2.32, p=.023). Parental stress scores were higher than those perceived by nurses in the infant's appearance and behaviors subscale for breathing patterns (t=2.95, p=.004), followed by jerky/ restless behavior (t=2.70, p=.008). Conclusion: Nurses should provide explanations to parents of VLBWIs in order to reduce parental stress about the appearances and behavior of VLBWIs. This is more important than aspect of the NICU environment and education about parental roles.