Purpose: This descriptive investigative study aimed to identify the importance, performance, and educational needs of core nursing skills among nurses working in small-and medium-sized pediatric hospitals. Methods: A survey was conducted among 132 nurses working in eight small-and medium-sized hospitals. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 27.0. Results: The average importance and performance of core nursing skills was 4.71±0.38 and 2.66±0.46 points, respectively, out of 5 points. A t-test on the difference between the IPA and Borich needs assessment showed the highest educational need for "blood transfusion therapy," and "basic CPR and defibrillator application." Additionally, according to the results of deriving the priorities of educational needs using the Borich needs assessment and locus for focus model, the highest priorities were "blood transfusion therapy," and "basic CPR and defibrillator application." Conclusion: These findings can be used as basic data to develop efficient and sequential programs to teach core nursing skills, provide better quality education, and lead the way for the future of nursing education.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the influence of marital conflict and family function on fatigue in mothers of young children hospitalized for acute diseases. Method: Via a cross-sectional design utilizing structured questionnaires, fatigue, marital conflict, and family function data of 120 South Korea mothers of such hospitalized children were collected and surveyed. The data were analyzed via t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression using SPSS Statistics. Results: Fatigue level was found to positively correlate with marital conflict and negatively correlate with family function. Overall, marital conflict, was significant predictor of maternal fatigue, explaining 33.0% of the model, with physical fatigue level being the highest type of fatigue. Conclusion: Therefore, a family-centered care program for families of hospitalized children needs to be developed. Comprehensive family nursing interventions that reduce fatigue levels and help reinforce marital relationships in families of hospitalized children are essential.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between self-efficacy, communication ability, and problem-solving ability in nursing students, and explore the mediating effects of communication ability on self-efficacy and problem-solving ability. Methods: This study targeted 181 third- and fourth- year nursing students. Data were collected from May 20-25, 2024, and analyzed using SPSS software (version 29.0), employing descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis. Sobel test was used to determine the statistical significance of the mediating effects of communication ability. Results: Nursing students' problem-solving abilities were significantly and positively correlated with self-efficacy (r=.35, p<.001) and communication skills (r=.33, p<.001). Self-efficacy was significantly and positively correlated with communication skills (r=.56, p<.001). Communication skills had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between self-efficacy and problem-solving ability (Z=4.24, p<.001), explaining 51% of the variance. Conclusion: These results can be used to develop a curriculum and intervention programs to enhance the self-efficacy and communication skills and improve the problem-solving abilities of nursing students.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the factors influencing job satisfaction among peer support workers who assist individuals with mental disorders. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. The participants included 134 peer support workers who were active in the community. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires between April 22 and June 5, 2024. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis using SPSS 26.0. Results: The results indicated that psychological empowerment (β=.62; p<.001) and perceived stigma (β=-.17; p=.011) were significant influencing factors influencing job satisfaction. The regression model accounted for 53.6% of the variance in job satisfaction (F=52.17; p<.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that psychological empowerment and perceived stigma are important determinants of job satisfaction among peer support workers for individuals with mental illness. Therefore, interventions that enhance psychological empowerment and reduce perceived stigma are essential to improving job satisfaction for these peer support workers.

Purpose: This study examined the effects of parenting stress, social support, and job satisfaction on job embeddedness of in shift working married nurses. Methods: The participants were 131 nurses in five general hospitals. Data collection was conducted using self-report questionnaires from Aug 1 to 16, 2023. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. Results: There were not significant differences in job embeddedness by general characteristic. The job embeddedness of in shift work nurses were significant correlation parenting stress, social support, and job satisfaction. The factors influencing on job embeddedness of the shift work nurses were job satisfaction. It was found that 61% could explain job embeddedness. Conclusion: It is necessary to nurse' support strategies for improving job satisfaction, and need to develop of program to relieve parenting stress, and strengthen social support to enhance job embeddedness of the shift work nurses.