• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.154-162
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• 2018

Objectives: Early retirement occurs when one's job satisfaction suffers due to employment mismatch resulting from factors such as inadequate compensation. Medical doctors report high levels of job stress and burnout relative to other professionals. These levels are highest among emergency physicians (EPs), and despite general improvements in their working conditions, early retirement continues to become more common in this population. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing EPs intention to retire early and to develop a probability equation for its prediction. Methods: A secondary analysis of data from the 2015 Korean Society of Emergency Physicians Survey was performed. The variables potentially influencing early retirement were organized into personal characteristics, extrinsic factors, and intrinsic factors. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify risk factors and to develop a probability equation; these findings were then arranged in a nomogram. Results: Of the 377 survey respondents included in the analysis, 48.0% intended to retire early. Risk factors for early retirement included level of satisfaction with the specialty and its outlook, slanderous reviews, emergency room safety, health status, workload intensity, age, and hospital type. Intrinsic factors (i.e., slanderous reviews and satisfaction with the specialty and its outlook) had a stronger influence on early retirement than did extrinsic factors. Conclusions: To promote career longevity among EPs, it is vital to improve emergency room safety and workload intensity, to enhance medical professionalism through a stronger vision of emergency medicine, and to strengthen the patient-doctor relationship.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2017

Objective : This study aimed to evaluate the association of exhaustion, ADHD, self-esteem, impulsivity, suicidal tendencies and quality of life as well as depression and anxiety in fire officers in Korea. Methods : This study was undertaken for the first time in Korea, from September 2016 to December 2016. A set of questionnaires was provided to a total of 113 fire officers and 284 other participants as a comparison group. All subjects were evaluated using the Beck's Depression Inventory, Beck's Anxiety Inventory, Malach Burnout Inventory, Korean Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Scales, Rosenberg's Self-esteem Inventory, Baratt's Impulsivity Scale, Beck's Scale of Suicide Ideation, and Quality of Life Scale. Furthermore, the odds ratio of depression, anxiety, exhaustion, ADHD, self-esteem, impulsivity, suicidal tendency and quality of life were evaluated the fire officer group and control group were compared through logistic regression analysis. Result : The results of this study indicated that the fire officers were more likely to show depression, anxiety, exhaustion, ADHD, low self-esteem and higher impulsivity. Also, the association between the fire officer group and depression, ADHD and impulsivity was confirmed through logistic regression analysis. Conclusion : Timely and effective evaluation and treatment of impulsivity, as well as depression is required for fire officers.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2018

Large corporations have the work and roles of employees clearly defined in accordance with their established internal structure whereas small and mid-sized firms may lack an official job specification or a written job description, causing ambiguity in the role of employees. In IT service companies, especially, there is a relatively large number of tasks requiring one person to play multiple roles and they are often highly dependent on few key players. In this reality where about 80% of the job seekers end up in SMEs, it is therefore necessary to look into how the turnover factors such as job strain and occupational burnout caused by the role ambiguity from extra work affect the turnover intentions of small and medium sized IT service firm employees. The outcome of this study is as follows. First, the relationship between job strain and turnover intention has been examined to find that a weak inverted U shaped relationship exists between role overload, which is a subset of job strain, and turnover intention. Second, the hypothesis based on the competing values framework has been tested that the fitness with organizational leadership and culture would moderate the relationship between job strain and turnover intention and it has been confirmed that the degree of relationship between role conflict and role ambiguity, the subsets of job strain, and turnover intention has changed. In conclusion, in order to discourage turnover intention, it is necessary to increase the fitness with the organization and leadership or generate a sufficient level of strain in case of an organization with low fitness.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2016

최근 응급의료 서비스의 환자 만족도에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있는 가운데 사물인터넷(IoT: Internet of Things)을 활용한 프로세스 개선에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 본 연구는 IoT기술을 응급실 운영에 활용한 스마트 응급실의 핵심 기술을 살펴보고, 의사와 간호사의 의사결정을 지원하는 진료테스크 우선순위 결정 알고리즘을 제시한다. 제시한 알고리즘은 진료테스크 선정에 따른 책임소재, 환자 불평, 위급환자 진료 지연, 체류시간 길어짐 등의 의사결정 리스크를 최소화한다. 이를 통해 의료진의 감정 육체 소진(Burn-out)을 줄이고 친절과 배려가 있는 환자 진료 케어를 가능하게 하여 환자 만족도와 응급실 의료진의 근무 만족도를 높이고 나아가 간호사의 정체성 제고에 도움을 줄 수 있다. 가상의 응급실을 대상으로 시뮬레이션을 수행한 결과 환자 체류시간 측면에서도 우수한 성능을 보였다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2018

본 연구는 의료서비스종사자의 역할갈등에 관한 선행연구 결과를 체계적으로 수집, 분석하여 역할갈등 측정도구와 관련요인에 대한 분석을 실시하였다. PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis)의 체계적 문헌고찰 가이드라인에 의거하여 수집된 문헌 중 최종 분석에 사용된 문헌은 33편이었다. 김문실과 박상연의 도구를 사용한 문헌은 14편, Rizzio, house와 Lirtzaman의 도구를 사용한 문헌은 12편, 이은희 등의 도구를 사용한 문헌은 3편이었다. 33편의 문헌 중 5편의 문헌에서 질적 연구방법이 사용되었다. 문헌 분석 결과 역할갈등이 높을수록 직무만족과 재직의도, 조직몰입은 낮아지고, 소진과 직무스트레스, 이직의도는 증가하였다. 본 연구에서는 역할갈등과 다양한 변인 간의 상관관계 및 영향요인에 국한되어 분석하였기에 향후 본 연구 연구결과를 기초로 하여 의료서비스종사자의 역할갈등에 대한 대처방안 및 중재방안에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되길 기대한다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.98-109
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• 2017

Purpose: This aim of this phenomenological study was to describe and understand the experience of spiritual conflict in hospice nurses by identifying the meanings and structures of the experience. Methods: Participants were 12 nurses working for one year or more at hospice units of general hospitals in a metropolitan city and experiencing of spiritual conflict as hospice nurses. Over six months data were collected using individual in-depth interviews and analyzed with the method suggested by Colaizzi. Results: The experience of spiritual conflict in participants was organized into three categories, six theme-clusters, and 13 themes. The participants felt existential anxiety on death and a fear of death which is out of human control and skepticism for real facts of human beings facing death. They also experienced agitation of fundamental beliefs about life with agitation of the philosophy of life guiding themselves and mental distress due to fundamental questions that are difficult to answer. Also they had distress about poor spiritual care with guilty feelings from neglecting patients' spiritual needs and difficulties in spiritual care due to lack of practical competencies. Conclusion: Findings indicate the experience of spiritual conflict in hospice nurses is mainly associated with frequent experience of death in hospice patients. The experience of spiritual conflict consisted of existential anxiety, agitation of fundamental beliefs and distress over poor spiritual care. So, programs to help relieve anxiety, agitation and distress are necessary to prevent spiritual conflict and then spiritual burnout in hospice nurses.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2017

Purpose: This study aimed to identify research trends in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration from 2013 to 2015. Methods: For this study, 171 articles were analyzed. Research designs, participants, research settings, sampling, and data analyses methods were reviewed using established analysis criteria. Keyword centrality and clusters were generated by keyword network analysis. Results: Most of studies used quantitative methods (82.5%), and sampling mainly focused on nurses (68.8%). The most commonly used data analyses methods were t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression. The most central keywords were turnover and empowerment. Network analysis generated four network groups: 1) burnout; 2) turnover; 3) happiness; and 4) nursing professionalism. Conclusion: The results of this study identify current trends and interests in Korean nursing administration research. The findings from this study suggest that future studies include a variety of research methods and maintain appropriate research ethics.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.198-208
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• 2014

Purpose: This research was an empirical study designed to identify precursors and interaction effects related to nurses' patient identification behavior. A multilevel analysis methodology was used. Methods: A self-report survey was administered to registered nurses (RNs) of a university hospital in South Korea. Of the questionnaires, 1114 were analyzed. Results: The individual-level factors that had a significantly positive association with patient identification behavior were person-organization value congruence, organizational commitment, occupational commitment, tenure at the hospital, and tenure at the unit. Significantly negative group-level precursors of patient identification behavior were burnout climate and the number of RNs. Two interaction effects of the person-organization value congruence climate were identified. The first was a group-level moderating effect in which the negative relationship between the number of RNs and patient identification behavior was weaker when the nursing unit's value congruence climate was high. The second was a cross-level moderating effect in which the positive relationship between tenure at the unit and patient identification behavior was weaker when value congruence climate was high. Conclusion: This study simultaneously tested both individual-level and group-level factors that potentially influence patient identification behavior and identified the moderating role of person-organization value congruence climate. Implications of these results are discussed.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 화재사례를 기반으로 원적외선 히터에서 출화된 화재의 원인 분석에 관하여 연구하였다. 전기히터의 화재는 열선에 용융 흔적으로 판단하여 과열 사고로 취급하는 오류를 범하기 쉽다. 이에 대해 히터의 화재 원인 규명에 있어서 객관적인 자료를 확보하기 위한 방법으로 정상 제품과 비교하여 다양한 재현 실험 및 분석기기를 이용하여 화재 원인을 분석하였다. 열선에 부착된 용융 흔적은 다른 금속 물질에 의한 층간 단락의 형태를 보이나 SEM/EDX로 성분분포를 분석한 결과 철-크롬-알루미늄이 혼합된 열선의 성분이외에 다른 금속 물질은 발견되지 않았다. 또한 층간단락 및 과전압에 의한 과열 실험을 수행한 결과 정상보다 높은 발열 상태를 보이나 화재 가능성은 없었다. 본 논문에서는 원적외선 히터에서 발생한 화재의 원인 분석을 토대로 하여 소손된 전열기의 화염 특성 및 물리 화학적 특성을 입체 분석하여 전기재해 원인 분석의 과학화에 기여하고자 한다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.531-541
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• 2003

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore how hospital nurses decide to quit working as professional nurses using the grounded theory method. Method: The data was collected by individual in-depth interviews with 12 hospital nurses who recently resigned from work and it was analyzed using 'constant comparative analysis.' Result: The core category that emerged was "in search of new balance with self, work, and family". Three stages were identified: 1) "unconditionally accepting the working situation of itself," 2) "weighing advantages and disadvantages of working as a hospital nurse", and 3) "redesigning a future". Each stage contains three major strategies. The major strategies of the first stage are "maintaining a learning attitude", "enduring physical burnout," and "enduring unfair interpersonal relationships". The second stage contains "identifying advantages of working", "identifying disadvantages of working", and "comparing the advantages with the disadvantages". Lastly, the third stage includes "reassessing the aim of life", "beginning to construct an alternative life", and "deciding to quit working at a certain point". Conclusion: The results of the study will help nursing administrators in designing and implementing an effective turnover prevention program for nurses by understanding more deeply the process of turnover phenomenon among hospital nurses.