Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)

Korean Academic Society of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회)
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Occupational Health Nurses' Role Experiences

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  • June, Kyung-Ja (Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Joo, Hea-Ju (Department of Nursing, Kyungin Women's College) ;
  • Kim, Young-Mi (Korea Southern Power Co. Ltd., Busn Combined Cycle Power Plant, Busan, Korea, Health Care Unit)
  • 전경자 (순천향대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 주혜주 (경인여자대학 간호과) ;
  • 김영미 (한국남부발전(주)부산천연가스발전본부 건강관리실)
  • Received : 2011.07.22
  • Accepted : 2011.11.24
  • Published : 2011.11.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the role experiences of occupational health nurse. The research question was "what are daily experiences in practice?" Methods: The data were collected through the focus-group interviews with nine occupational health nurses and analyzed by the grounded theory of Strauss and Corbin (1998). Results: The core category on occupational health nurse role experience was named as "struggling alone with the dual role". The causal conditions included 'unfamiliar area' and 'new work'. The contextual conditions included 'overload of work, 'tasks beyond OHN job' and 'disharmony with colleagues'. The intervening conditions were analyzed as supportive factors and discouraging factors. There were action/interaction strategies 'getting information about tasks', 'working as a professional', 'establishing a cooperative relationship', 'seeking help' by trying to regulate the phenomenon. Finally they succeed in 'establishing the identity' and 'feeling proud', but sometimes they could be 'suffering from low morale', or 'considering turnover'. Conclusion: Through these results, it can be explained that occupational health nurses have been exerting themselves to establish their role with various situation through the conflicted context. Based on the findings, we suggest developing the diverse continuing education programs to be tailored for OHN's needs and reinforcing the occupational health services under the legal and political support.

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