Nurse's Knowledge and Nursing Activities for Breastfeeding Promotion
간호사의 모유수유 증진을 위한 지식과 간호 활동정도
- Jung, Moon-Sook (Dept. of Nursing, Medical School, Kyung Pook National University) ;
- Kim, Mi-Ye (Dept. of Nursing, Medical School, Kyung Pook National University) ;
- Koh, Hyo-Jung (College of Nursing, Keimyung University) ;
-
Shin, Yeong-Hee
(College of Nursing, Keimyung University)
;
- Chung, Kwi-Ae (Yeung Nam Junior College) ;
- Lee, In-Hae (Yeung Nam Junior College) ;
- Kim, Sin-Jeong (Yeung Jin Junior College) ;
- Song, In-Sook (PoHang SunLin Junior College) ;
- Lee, Soo-Yeon (Dept. of Nursing, Medical School, Kyung Pook National University)
- 정문숙 (경북대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
- 김미예 (경북대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
- 고효정 (계명대학교 간호대학) ;
-
신영희
(계명대학교 간호대학)
;
- 정귀애 (영남전문대학) ;
- 이인혜 (영남전문대학) ;
- 김신정 (영진전문대학) ;
- 송인숙 (포항 선린 전문대학) ;
- 이수연 (경북대학교 의과대학 간호학과)
- Published : 1993.12.30
Abstract
This study examined nurses' knowledge about breastfeeding (biological signifiance) and their nursing activities for promoting breastfeeding overall deficiency of knowledge about breastfeeding (an average score 12.8 out of 20) and accordingly many nurses did not promote actively merits (preparation, technique, & frequency). We developed new instruments for the measurements of nurses' knowledge (20 items) and activities (30 items). The self-reports of 203 nurses showed of breastfeeding(average score : 65.5 out of 120). Nurses' Knowledge about breastfeeding was significantly related to age, rank of position, and number of nurse' own children promotion of breastfeeding activities by nurses was related to the size of services nurses working in a small or middle sized hospital promoted more breastfeeding activities than a large hospital other factors, such as number of children, also influneced nursing activities for breastfeeding eighty seven percent of the nurses reported that they did not have any in-service education for the breastfeeding. They ascribed reasons for not actively promoting breastfeeding program to the overload of their services and inadequacy of administrative systems.