Development of the Nursing Record Forms for Effective Home Care Nursing -Focused on Postpartum Women following a Cesarean Section and Newborns-

가정간호업무 효율성을 위한 간호활동 기록도구 개발 -제왕절개 산욕부와 신생아를 중심으로-

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develope nursing activities record to improve home care nursing for postpartum women following a Cesarean section and newborns. Method: This study for instrument development had three phases: first, selection of nursing activities according to intervention, second, validation of the preliminary home care nursing activities, and third. application of the home care nursing activities. The subjects for validaton were 137 home care nurses and clinical nurses in department of maternity. Result: By Fehring's method, 116 nursing activities according to 19 interventions were included in the preliminary nursing activities record. Among them, 51 critical nursing activities and 65 supporting nursing activities were chosen. During the final process of validation, 121 nursing activities were included. Conclusion: In order to have systemic standardization of this record forms, replication and application in the various home nursing area is need in the future.