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중소병원 간호사의 다제내성균 감염관리 지식 및 교육요구도 (Knowledge and Education Needs Related to Multidrug Resistant Organisms Infection Control among Small and Medium Size Hospital)

  • 이미향
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.463-470
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    • 2020
  • 본 연구는 중소병원 간호사를 대상으로 다제내성균 감염관리 지식과 교육요구도를 파악하여 중소병원 간호사 맞춤형 감염관리 교육프로그램을 개발하고자 시도되었다. 자료수집은 중소병원에 근무하는 간호사 115명을 대상으로 하였다. 자료수집기간은 2019년 11월 15일~11월 30일까지 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 시행되었다. 수집된 자료는 IBM SPSS 21.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였으며, 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA를 이용하였다. 연구결과 중소병원 간호사의 86.1%가 다제내성균 환자를 간호한 경험이 있었으며 다제내성균 감염관리 교육을 받은 경우가 67.8%로 나타났다. 다제내성균 감염관리지식은 27점 만점에 25.51점이었으며, 다제내성균 환자가 사용한 의료기기에 대한 소독수준, 선제 격리환자의 격리 해제기준, 코호트 격리에서 환자관리, 개인보호구 탈의시점에서 정답률이 낮았다. 교육요구도는 격리병실배정, 선별검사 대상기준, 유행발생관리가 가장 높았다. 또한 일반적 특성에 따른 교육요구도 차이에서 최종학력과 직급에서 차이가 있었다. 따라서 다제내성균의 원내전파 차단 및 유행발생을 예방하기 위해서 다제내성균 감염관리 교육이 중요하므로 다제내성균 감염관리 교육프로그램 개발시 경력별로 교육 구성의 차별화가 필요하다. 신규간호사와 경력간호사 감염관리교육시 필수적으로 다제내성균 감염관리 교육을 수행하는 것이 필요하다.

Formation of New Approaches to the Use of Information Technology and Search For Innovative Methods of Training Specialists within the Pan-European Educational Space

  • Stratan-Artyshkova, Tetiana;Kozak, Khrystyna;Syrotina, Olena;Lisnevska, Nataliya;Sichkar, Svitlana;Pertsov, Oleksandr;Kuchai, Oleksandr
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • 제22권8호
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    • pp.97-104
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    • 2022
  • European integration processes have acted as a catalyst for the emergence of a new type of educational environment, which is characterized by competent flexibility of specialists. Therefore, the article focuses on professional training of teachers in the context of European integration processes using information technology and the search for innovative methods of training specialists. One of the educational priorities in Europe is to create a new model of a teacher who has an academic education, knows innovative methods, is able to perform functions and tasks efficiently and professionally, adequately, quickly and correctly respond to changes and innovations. The tasks facing education in the European dimension are formulated. The main trends in the education of teachers in modern Europe are described: the need to deepen and expand subject training programs in pedagogical institutions of Higher Education, which will allow autonomy of activity, awareness of responsibility for independent creative decisions, create favorable conditions for the development of professionalism through the use of Information Technology and the search for innovative methods of training specialists. At the present stage, various models of teacher training are being developed based on the University and practical concept using information technology and searching for innovative methods of training specialists. On this basis, two different theories of perception of teacher education were formed: as preparation of teachers for work throughout their professional career; as preparation for the first years of professional work, which is periodically repeated in the process of continuous professional training and improvement. Among the advantages that the use of Information Technology and the search for innovative methods of training specialists to implement the learning process, it is worth mentioning the following: simultaneous use of several channels of perception of the student or student in the learning process, thanks to which the integration of information processed by different sensory organs is achieved; the ability to simulate complex real experiments; visualization of abstract information by dynamic representation of processes, etc.

조산수습과정 지도자 강습회를 통한 조산교육 평가조사연구 (The Evaluation of Midwifery Program Through the Midwifery Leadership Training Program)

  • 이경혜
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 1981
  • The purpose of the study was to evaluate the educational content which had been given by midwifery training program. It was hoped that this result would help. It was sponsored by com-munity health worker plan effective health education. College of Nursing Ewha Womans University and The Korean Nurses Academic Society during the November 19 thru 24, 1979. It was carried out on July through on September 1980, and involved 22 community health workers. The results were as follows: 1. Most of the community health workers came from Seoul & Pusan areas and have been working at the hospitals. There were 31.82% of Head Nurses, 27.2% of Staff Nurses, 22.73% Nurse Supervisons, 13.6% of Nurse Directors and 4.5% of educational coordinator for Nurses. These participant had nurse-midwifery lincences by 63.64%. None of there had just midwifery lincences. 2, Age structures of the study population shows 31.82% of whom are.26-30 years and 22.73% of whom are 36. 40 years of age. This shown that seniority proportion is higher than the younger. There are 31.82% of 1-5 years, 27.27% of 6-10 year and 11-15 years, respectively by work career. 3. There are 54.55% of the institutions have opened their own midwifery training course for their nursing staff members. Because of lack of the facilities, shortage of instructors, and problems of administrative process. 4. According to the institution which opened for midwifery training courses, the participant was responsible for “midwifery”“Infant care”“MCH”“practice of midwifery”“Nursing adjustment”and“F. P.”5. During the midwifery couse, there were 8 institution who used the textbook and 4 institution who did not. Least of there referned to content matinals which was given by the sponsored. 6. There are 7 insititues who kept their training courses with other professional helps such as physicians., professiors and nurses. Some problems are pointed out by respondents such as“conflict with residents”“poor suportive administration”and“lake of manpower”. 8. The participant showed that they learned new knowledge as trends during this programs for there quality work so it need (one or twice times) a year. But they suggested that it needed more emphasis on the“maternal health care”and“role of the nurse-midwifery”. 9. The analysis of the results are as follows within the 6 areas which are given by the sponsored: There are highest ranks between“basic theory & family planning”“role of midwifery & nursing practice”. In the prenatal care the highest rank ware related to“health risk”on“idenify of risk symtoms”. In the health care areas which related to delivery, the responsers were related to“general conditions”or“high risk criteria”. In the health care area which related to high risk maternity care. In the neonatal health care, the highest rank was related to”health assessment of normal infant”. In the infant health care the responses was related to“abnormal symptoms”and“risk symptoms”. Actually, the participants show that they are more interested in“role of midwifery”“health assessment”and “high risk maternity care”are which emphasised on health promotion, health maintenance & disease preventive. 1) The midwifery training program need higher education for midwifery on a regular basis. 2) Within the open institution of midwifery training program, the nurses must be supported by their own institution and administry of social welfare must give systematic support. Also non-open institution must be open very soon. 3) All health workers including the residents & other workers, must cooperate for their phased common good of impovement of the maternity health. 4) Administration agonies & education institutions must provide the curriculum facilitis and administration systems which are needed for training of nurse-midwifery.

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서울시 일 지역 주민의 인생회고 및 죽음준비 인식 (Community Dwellers' Perception of Past Life Recollection and Preparation for Death)

  • 강경아;이경순;박강원;김용호;장미자;이은
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2011
  • 목적: 본 연구는 서울시 노원구 주민을 대상으로 자신의 인생회고 및 품위 있는 죽음에 대한 인식 정도를 파악하고자 수행되었다. 방법: 본 연구는 서울시 노원구에 거주하는 40대 이상 성인을 대상으로 설문에 참여할 것을 서면 동의한 160명의 자료가 분석되었다. 본 연구팀에 의해 개발된 설문지는 내용타당도 검증절차를 통해 일부 문항이 수정되었으며, 설문내용은 총 28문항이었다. 수집된 자료는 서술적 통계방법을 이용하여 분석하였다. 결과: 대상자들이 가장 힘들었다고 회고하는 연령대는 30~40대였고 반면 가장 보람되었다고 생각하는 기간도 30~40대였다. 가장 힘든 인생고비경험에서, 개인적으로는 가족이 건강을 잃었을 때, 부부 및 자녀와의 갈등이 가장 힘들었던 사건으로 회고하고 있었고, 가장 힘들었던 사회관계는 삶에 대한 상실감 경험, 실패, 친척 및 친구의 배신 등 이었으며, 가장 보람되었다고 회고하는 내용에서, 개인적 사건은 목표성취, 인생의 역경 극복이었고, 가족관계에서는 자녀로 인한 즐거움이 월등히 높았고, 사회관계에서는 직업을 통한 사회공헌, 봉사활동, 성실한 종교생활이었다. 가장 후회하는 삶의 경험에는, 자신의 삶에서는 목적 없이 바쁘게만 살아온 것, 여유 있는 시간을 갖지 못한 것이었고, 부모형제관계에서는 부모의 뜻을 잘 살피지 못하고 많은 시간을 갖지 못한 것과 형제들과 불화이었으며, 자녀와의 관계에서는 올바로 훈육하지 못한 것과, 사랑을 많이 주지 못한 것이었다. 직장 및 사회관계에서는 원하는 직업을 갖지 못한 것과 관계보다는 일 중심으로 살아온 것과 대인관계 기술부족이 두드러진 회고내용이었으며 건강에 관해서는 운동이 부족한 점 등이었다. 대상자들이 인식하고 있는 임종과 죽음준비에 대한 내용으로, 약 60%에서 자신의 종교에 대한 강한 믿음을 가지고 있었고, 약 50%에서 종교에 따른 내세관을 소유하고 있었다. 무의미한 연명치료로 생명을 연장하는 상황에 처했을 경우, 약 87% 이상에서 본인 및 가족의 경우 모두 무의미한 연명치료 중단 의사를 가지고 있었으며, 불치의 질병인 경우 진단을 정확히 말해주기 원함, 유언장 및 사전의료의향서 작성하기 원함이 4점 척도 중 약 3.1점 이상으로 높게 나타났다. 결론: 본 연구결과를 토대로 중 노년층을 위한 죽음 준비교육 내용 중 인생회고 시간에서는 과거의 경험을 후회하는 사건이 아닌 일어난 사실 그대로 받아들이며 자신의 삶으로 통합하도록 돕는 기회가 주어져야 하며, 사전의료의향서를 작성함으로 연명치료 중단, 심폐소생술 금지, 임종 장소 등 자기결정권이 부여되는 품위 있는 죽음을 준비할 수 있도록 하는 수요자 중심의 죽음 준비교육을 제공해야 하겠다.

사무 자동화에 따른 사무직 근로자의 건강과 연관된 자각 증상에 대한 조사연구 (An Investigation on the self-consciousness Symptoms of the Clerical Workers attendant upon Office Automation)

  • 정미화
    • 한국직업건강간호학회지
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    • 제3권호
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    • pp.54-70
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    • 1993
  • According as the automation of clerical work(OA ; Office Automation) develops, the use of VDT(Visual or Video Display Terminal) is increasing suddenly. But, in proportion to the spread of office automation(OA tendency), the self-conciousness syptom attendant upon the work is appearing also (Kim, Jung Tae, Lee, Young Ook, 1990). The apparatuses of office enable the clerical workers to be convenient and perform mass businesses. But, they are increasing the opportunity to be exposed to VDT syndrom, techno stress, computer terminal disease, pain by muscle strain(RSI), bradycausia of noise nature, and electromagnetic waves, etc. which are referred to as the new type of occupational diseases to the workers. It is the real situation that the workers to use VDT is complaining of the physical inconvenience sense in the recent newspaper and literature, it is the point of time that the sydrome to come from VDT use and computer terminal disease, etc. must be classified into the occupational disease(Lee, Kwang Young 1990, Lee, Kyoo Hak 1990, Lee, Won Ho 1991, Lee, Si Young 1991, Lee, Joon 1991, Choi, Young Tae 1991, Heo, Seung Ho 1989). In addition, it is the real situation that the scientifitic study result about the scope that electromagnetic waves has influence on the human body has not been suggested yet, and criticism on the stable exposure permission standard about electromagnetic waves to be emitted from VDT and on the problem in the health about electromagnetic waves is continuing. (IEEE Spectrum, 1990). In addition according to the experience of nursery business of industry field, it is the real situation that the patients who consult complaining of physical and mental inconvenience sence, among the users of apparatus of office automation, are reaching 10% of the patients coming to doctor's room. Therefore, it is necessary to confirm the self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complain of multilaterally with the actual state examination about the use of the apparatuses of offices automaton. Thus, this study was tried as th basic data for the cosultation and education for the maintenance and furtherance of the health of workers as the nurse of industry field, by confirming the contents of self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of the apparatus for office outomation making the financial institution in which the spparatus for office automation in most frequently used as the subject, and by examining whether there is the difference according to the subject of study, the data were collected, by using the questionnaire method, making 200 workers who consented to the study participation as the subject, among the persons who have spent over 3 months since they used the apparatuses for office automation and didn't receive the treatment in hospital due to the clerical disease for recent 3 years. The period of data collection was from Oct. 9, 1991 to Oct. 12. As for the measurement instrument about the complaint if self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of apparatuses fo office automation, the question item on the complaint symptom of health problem attendant upon the treatment of VDT that Kim(1991) developed and on CMI health problem and the question items on the fatigue degree due to industry were used by previous examination to 25 persons. Collected data were analyzed with the statistical method such as percentage, arithmetic mean, Person correlation coeffient, Kai square verfication, t-test, ANOVA, etc. by using SPSS/PC+ program, and the result is as follows : 1. The self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complained of most frequetly appeared high in 'My eyes are tired'(99.4%), 'I feel fatigue and weariness'(99.4%), 'I feel that my head is heavy5(90.0%), 'eyesight fell'(88.8%), 'I have a stiff neck'(88.8%), 'I fell pain in the shoulder'(85.0%), 'I feel cold and painful in the eyes'(76.9%), 'I feel the dry sense of eyeball'(76.2%), 'My nerves are edgy, and I an fretful, (75.6%), 'I feel pain in the waist'(73.2%) and 'I fell pain in the back'(72.8%). It emerged that the subject use the apparatuses for office automation complained of self-consciousness symptoms related to visual symptoms and musculoskeletal symptoms. 2. As for the general feature of examination subjects, the result to see the distribution by classifying into sex, age, school career, use career of apparatuses for office automation, skillfulness degree of the use of apparatus for office automation, use hours of the apparatuses for office automation per 1 day, type of business of the apparatus for office automation, rest hours during the use of apparatus for office automation, satifaction degree of business of office automation, and work circumstance, etc. emerged as follows : As for the sex of subjects, the distribution showed that men were 58.8% and women were 41.3%, Age was average 26.9. As the distribution of school career, the distribution showed that4below the graduation of high school' was 58.8%, 'graduation from junior college-university' was 35.0%, and 'over graduate school' was 6.3%. In the question to ask the existence or non-existence of experience of health consultation in connection with the work of office automation, the response that I had the consultation exprience and I feel the necessity emergerd as 90.1% And, the case that the subject who didn't wear the glasses or lens before using the OA apparatus wear glasses or lens after using OA apparatus emerged as 28.3% of whole. As for the existence or non-existence of use career of OA apparatus, the case under 3 years was highest as 52. 7%. As for the skillfulnness degree about the use of apparatus for office automation, most of them are skillful with the fact that 'common' was 44.4%, 'skill' was 42.5%, and 'unskillful' was 13.1% As for the use average hours of the apparatus for office automation per 1 day, the distribution showed that the case under 3-6 hours was 33.1%, the case under 6-9 hours was 28.1%, the case under 3 hours was 30.6%, and the case over 9 hours was 8.1% Main OA business and the use hours for 1 day showed in the order of keeping and retrieval, business of information transmission(162min), business of information transmission(79.3 min), business of document framing(55.5 min), and business of duplication and printing(25.4min). as for the rest during the use of apparatus for affice automation, that I take rest occasion demands the major portion, but that I take after completing the work emerged as 33.8%. Though the subiness gets to be convenient by the use of the apparatus for of office automation, respondents who showed the dissatisfaction about the present OA business emergd high as 78.1%. The work circumstances of each office was good with the fact that the temperature of office was 21.8, noise was average 42.7db, and the illumination was average 364.4 lx, in the light of ANSi/HFS 100 Standard. 3. Sight syptom, musculoskeletal symptom, skin and other symptoms showed the significant difference according to the extent of skillfulness of the apparatus for office automation. All the symptoms exept skin symptom showed the difference according to the use hours of the apparatus for office automation. All the question items exept the sytoms of digestive organs and the rest hours during the apparatus for office automation showed the signicant difference. The question item which showed the signicant difference from the satisfaction degree of present OA business showed the significant difference from all the question item classified into 6 groups. But, age and school career didn't significant difference from the complaint of any self-consciousness symptoms.

    . In conclusion, the self-consciousness symptoms of the subjects to use OA apparatus appeared differently, according to sex distiction, skillfull degree of OA apparatus, use hours of OA apparatus, the rest hours during th use of OA apparatus, and the satiafaction degree of persent business. Therefore, it is necessary that the nurse in the inuctry field must recognize to receive the education about the human technological physical condition which is most proper for te use of OA apparatus and about the proper rest method until they get accustomed to the use of OA apparatus. In addition, the simple exercise relax the tention of muscle due to the repetitive simple movement, and the education for the protection of eyesight are necessary.

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  • 영성프로그램이 갱년기 여성의 불안과 우울에 미치는 영향 (A Research about Spiritual Program Influence Upon the Anxiety and Depression of Women Going Through their Menopause)

    • 장요한;권명진
      • 디지털융복합연구
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      • 제12권4호
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      • pp.437-442
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      • 2014
    • 목적: 본 연구는 영성프로그램이 갱년기 여성의 불안과 우울에 주는 영향을 파악하여 정서적 안위제공에 도움이 될 기초적인 자료를 제공하고자 시도되었다. 방법: 대상자는 갱년기 여성 20명이었으며 자료 수집은 중재 전, 후와 6개월 후 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 이루어졌다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.1 프로그램의 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA를 이용하여 분석하였다. 결과: 본 연구 결과 영성프로그램 전, 후와 6개월 후에 불안(F=8.55, p=.009)과 우울(F=8.76, p=.001)에 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 또한 일반적 변수 중 신앙경력((F=10.57, p=.001)과 교육수준(F=4.13, p=.034)의 차이에 따라 불안에 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 결론: 영성프로그램은 불안과 우울 등의 불안정한 정서에 효과적임을 알 수 있으며 이를 정서적 안정 도모에 적극적으로 활용할 필요가 있다. 또한 개인적 특성에 따른 적합한 영성프로그램 프로그램이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

    노인생활시설 종사자의 소진(消盡)에 관한 연구 (A Study on Burnout of the Workers in Elderly Living Facilities)

    • 이인수
      • 가정과삶의질연구
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      • 제24권1호
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      • pp.55-69
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      • 2006
    • This study has been performed to investigate group differences and determining factors of burnout of the workers in elderly living facilities. In this study, 131 male and female workers composed of social workers, health practitioners, and other management workers were selected among 23 retirement and nursing facilities in Korea between 2003 and 2005. They were asked about their socioeconomic background, working environment, and their perceptions on burnout in the working places. As for main dimensions of the burnout, there were three elements such as emotional weariness, diminishing personal accomplishment, and depersonalized behaviors. Particularly in this study, the depersonalized behaviors were defined as aggressive or rude verbal and behavioral outbursts from anger. As a result of this study, the following results were found: Most workers have medium level of perception on their commitment and burnout, but there. are some risk factors; newly married young workers were less satisfied or fairly rewarded with their job and as a result, they have significantly higher level of emotional weariness but lower feeling of personal accomplishments. In addition, they occasionality practiced aggressive or rude behaviors such as yelling, threatening, and physically harassing As for the influence of determining variables, long-time workers of long established facilities were more satisfied and less burnout. In addition, there are some impacts of job category; health practitioners were more burnout than social workers. In this study, suggestions are made as follows: first, guiding and settlement programs should be developed for the newly started young married workers, particularly at early stage of their career. Second, future aspects of facility visions should be guided for the workers, so that they are relieved from stressful routines without any future plan. Third, medical workers such as physical therapists and nurses should be further monitored for main reasons of increasing their stress.

    학교건강증진 지표개발 및 측정에 관한 연구 (A Study of the Index Development and Measurement for School Health Promoting Behaviors)

    • 김영임
      • 한국학교보건학회지
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      • 제11권2호
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      • pp.189-201
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      • 1998
    • The objectives of this study are first to develop the index of school health promoting behaviors, two, to measure those, third, to analysis the relative importance of factors that effect on school health promoting behaviors. School health promotion indexes were composed of 60 components of six areas which modify the element of health promoting schools are developed by world health organization. The survey data were collected by questionnaires from June to September in 1998. The number of subjects was 294 school nurses. The SAS-PC program was used for the statistical analysis. The major results were as follows: 1. The six areas of school health promoting behaviors are: school health politics (20 components), the school physical environment (17 component), the school social environment (7 component), community relationships (6 component), personal health skills (7 component) and health services (3 component). 2. The mean of total school health promotion indexes was highest at elementary school as 3.46. The order of area was health services, the school physical environment, school health politics, the school social environment, personal health skills, community relationships. 3. The regression model used in this analysis presented significant relationships between school health promoting behaviors and independent variables. The important variable affecting the area of school physical environment was education level of school nurses. The important variable affecting the area of the school social environment and personal health services were the location of school, credential education program. Age or career also were significant variables affect the community relationships and health services. In summary, The health promoting behavior of elementary school was higher than other school. It is mean that have to perform active promoting behavior at middle school and high school. Health service level was highest among areas of school health promoting behaviors. It is mean also that school nurse teachers is interested in activity for other areas to improve of school health. Furthermore, it is necessary to develop the specific program for school health promoting behavior.

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    시뮬레이션기반 감염관리교육이 중환자실 간호사의 감염 관리에 대한 인식도, 임상 수행도, 자기효능감에 미치는 영향 (The Effects of Simulation-based Infection Control Training on the Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Perception, Clinical Performance, and Self-Efficacy of Infection Control)

    • 조성숙;김경미;이병여;박선아
      • 임상간호연구
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      • 제18권3호
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      • pp.381-390
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      • 2012
    • Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effects of simulation-based infection control training on the ICU nurses' perception, clinical performance, and self-efficacy of infection control. Methods: Thirty-eight nurses were assigned into two groups using a career stratified randomization. In the experimental group, the subjects received a simulation-based infection control training, whereas the control group participated in a conventional lecture-based training. Two weeks after the completion of the training sessions, the participants were evaluated for perception, clinical performance, and self-efficacy regarding the infection control. Results: The experimental group that received simulation-based infection control training showed an improvement in perceiving the infection control compared to that of the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant. In terms of the clinical performance, the experimental group and the control group scored $26.05{\pm}3.22$ and $18.53{\pm}3.37$ points respectively, demonstrating a statistical significance (p<.001). There was no significant difference between the two groups in regards to the self-efficacy. Conclusion: The developed simulation-based infection control training showed positive effects in improving clinical performance of infection control over conventional lecture-based training, confirming that a simulation-based training is an effective method in advancing the practical performance of ICU nurses.

    특수의복에 관한 실태조사 연구 -한국과 미국의 교과과정과 연구경향분석을 중심으로- (Comparative Analysis of Curriculum and Research Trends Related to Clothing for Persons with Special Needs between Korea and America)

    • 김찬주
      • 대한가정학회지
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      • 제27권3호
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      • pp.13-28
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      • 1989
    • With the purpose of identifying clothing for persons with special needs one of new directions in Clothing and Textiles, this pater comparatively analyzed current curriculum and research trends related to this field between Korea and America. Questionaire was distributed to 25 Korean colleges with Clothing and Textiles department and 4 American colleges known for special clothing study. Questions regarded the name of course, level (grade), number of credit houre, prerequisits and supporting courses, subjects of lecture and projects, way of managing lecture and projects, evaluation system, other special characteristics. Resources for analyzing research trends are Thesis and Dissertations in Clothing and Textiles, Research Journal of Clothing & Textiles/Home Economics Association, College Professors' research reports collection, of both Korea and America. Years of publications are 1972∼1986 (America), 1978∼1988 (Korea). Findings are as follows; 1. Clothing for special needs can be classified into various groups; Clothing for physically handicapped, mentally retarded, elderly, unusual-sized, pregnant/nursing mothers, institutionalized, protective clothing, uniform/career apparel. 2. Management of coursework related to special clothing has several common characteristics specially in America; Building-up coursework, problem-solving orientation, cooperative team-preject, interdisciplinary approach, client-versus-designer preference, community involvement. In Korea, a few school only has special clothing coursework and its scope of study was very limited. 3. Majority of research reports done with the subjects of special clothing had made for physically handicapped people and the elderly. Protective clothing and uniform have recently been paid much interests. 4. Researchers had mainly concerned on Design and Construction Aspects and nextly on social-psychological aspects. However, in America, selection and care aspects and marketing aspects of special clothing have been very procuctive issues recently. 5. Study on clothing for special needs has several opportunities to be stressed and improvements to be strengthened. Opportunities included active participation to the welfare of community society, strong publicity of accurate professional image, share with business and industry, interdisciplinary approach and new job market. Improvements were discussed in terms of strengthening supporting courses/prerequistes, intensifying interdisciplinary cooperation, provoking strong community involvement and securing financial support and research funds.

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