• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.369-378
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was conducted to determine the working conditions, post-traumatic stress syndrome and the self-resilience of nurses, and find out the relationship between the post-traumatic stress syndrome and the self-resilience. Data were collected by questionnaire method among 220 General Hospital nurses at Gyeongnam G and J city. Data were analyzed by using SPSS 21.0 program WIN. The results of working conditions of the nurses majority were shift work 70.5%, currently working in the ward 54.6%. Scores were shown as Post-traumatic stress syndrome (28.20) and self resilience (39.98). There is a negative correlation (r =.226, p=.001) between the post-traumatic stress syndrome and the self-resilience. Based on the result, since working conditions of nurses caused psychological stress and nurses with high self-resilience eased the degree of post-traumatic stress, in terms of the personnel management of hospitals, a psychological intervention strategy should be considered.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.177-186
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior in relation between incivility and professional quality of life. The data collected from June 8, 2018 to June 29, 2018, and the questionnaire from 250 nurses at 3 general hospital in D city. The data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation, hierarchical analysis and Sobel test. Organizational citizenship behavior showed perfect mediating effect in the relationship between incivility experienced by nurses and compassion satisfaction, and partial mediating effect in the relationship between incivility experienced by nurses and burnout. The results indicate that it is necessary to develop strategies and applications to enhance organizational citizenship behavior for improved professional quality of life of a nurses who experience incivility.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.289-297
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among information resources use, problem solving ability, nursing information literacy competency in general hospital nurses. The descriptive correlational study design was used. The data were collected from 141 nurses working in the two general hospital located G city using self-reported questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistics 20.0 program. As results of multiple regression analysis, the factors affecting nursing information literacy competency were problem solving ability and electronic information resources use. And this model could explain 38.0%(F=43.73, p<.001). Considering the findings from this study, nurses need to develop problem solving ability and electronic information resources use improvement program for them.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.277-284
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among job stress, resilience and turn over intention of new graduate nurses in general hospital. Methods: A descriptive regression design was used and the participants were 90 new graduate nurses from one general hospital in S city. Data analysis included t-test, ANOVA, pearson's correlation and multiple regression. Results: There were significant correlations between conflict with physicians(r=.17, p=.049), problem relating to supervisors(r=.18, p=.040), discrimination(r=.18, p=.041), resilience(r=-.21, p=.023) and turnover intention. The regression model explained approximately 24.5 % of turnover intention. Conclusion: The findings suggest that nursing leaders have to reduce job stress and to improve resilience of new graduate nurses.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.351-360
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• 2020

This study was conducted to compare and analyze occupational stress and satisfaction levels of the nurses in two different units to provide data for effective nursing resource management. Survey was conducted in four hospitals in June 2019 and data was obtained from 62 nurses in comprehensive nursing service units (CNSU) and 62 nurses in general units (GU). CNSU nurses had higher level of job satisfaction than GU nurses. Contributing factors included pay, professional status, administration, autonomy, task requirements, and interaction. Job stress level was not significantly different between groups. GU nurses had higher stress levels from nursing practice, conflict with doctors, and patients and caregivers, while CNSU nurses had higher stress levels in working condition. Negative correlation was found between job satisfaction and stress in GU nurses, whereas not in CNSU nurses. Clear definition of task, smaller work load, appropriate reward, and educational support is suggested to enhance job satisfaction.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.375-386
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• 2016

This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a nonviolent communication program on nurse's interpersonal competence, job stress and spiritual wellness. This study was a inequality similar to the control group experimental design study of repeated measurements before and after. The data for this study were collected from June 1 to October 20, 2013 from 29 clinical nurses. The self-administered questionnaires used consisted of questions regarding general characteristics, interpersonal competence, job stress and spiritual wellness. The results were: 1. For interpersonal competence, the interaction between time and group was significant (F = 7.726, p = 0.002). 2. For job stress analysis, the interaction between time and group was not significant (F = 0.142, p = 0.851). 3. For spiritual wellness, the interaction between time and group was significant (F = 31.355, p < .001). These results suggest that the nonviolent communication program had a positive effect on rejected clinical nurse's interpersonal competence and spiritual wellness, but not on job stress. A follow-up replication study will be necessary.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.235-242
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for human resource management and efficient hospital management of organization by checking the effect of psychological contract of nurses on voice behavior. It is a descriptive research study that survey nurses who consented responded to the research questions. As a result, nurse practitioners showed a low level of perceptions of organizational commitment, psychological contracts, transactional contract and relational contract. There was a positive correlation between transactional contract and constructive voice(p<.05), and there was a negative correlation between relational contract and destructive voice(p<.05). Therefore, it is necessary to establish a system in which internal and external compensation can be made according to changes in roles of nurses in order to carry out new polices and organizational changes. It is also necessary to improve the organizational culture so that nurses can actively participate in policy and organizational change.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.207-215
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of job stress and job satisfaction according to leisure activity type of nurses. The subjects were from August 1, 2017 to August 15, 2017 for nurses working in general hospitals in B, K city. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's Correlation coefficient. Job stress was slightly lower than the middle level and job satisfaction was slightly higher than the middle level. Job stress was negative correlated with the number of leisure activities per week in types of leisure activity, and job satisfaction was not related. In conclusion, in order to reduce job stress of nurses, it is necessary to increase the number of leisure activities per week and further study is needed for various nurses in a wide area.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.2695-2702
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• 2014

This study was conducted in order to the investigate factors associated with turnover intention and the relationship among nursing professionalism, job satisfaction and turnover intention of nurses working in a small and medium-Sized hospital. From Oct 2011 to Jun 2012, "I" City, a nurse 240 working in a small and medium-Sized hospital. Average nursing professionalism score $3.23{\pm}.44$, $2.81{\pm}.47$, average job satisfaction score points, and the average turnover intention score was $2.70{\pm}.87$ points. Clinical experience, number of hours worked by the difference in the turnover intention was significan,. turnover intention is to describe the main variables job satisfaction(${\beta}$ = .533) than the other relevant factors, the most showed a lot of influence. Through this study, to reduce turnover intention need to continuously study on job the satisfaction of nurses in small-medium sized hospital.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.99-113
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• 2022

This study is descriptive research to investigate the effects of COVID-19 stress, interpersonal (caregiver-patient) stress, and emotional labor on burnout in emergency room (ER) nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data collection of this study was conducted from December 9 to 23, 2021 with ER nurses working at five tertiary general hospitals and general hospitals of Medical Center H. The data was collected with a questionnaire using tools measuring the subjects' general & job-related characteristics, COVID-19 stress, interpersonal(caregiver-patient) stress, emotional labor and burnout. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 25.0 statistical program for frequency analysis, descriptive statistical analysis, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The average score of COVID-19 stress in ER nurses was 3.64, interpersonal(caregiver-patient) stress 4.35, emotional labor 3.38, and burnout 3.44. As a result of analyzing differences according to general & job-related characteristics, burnout showed a significant difference according to gender, marital status, total clinical experience, and working organization. And burnout showed a significant positive correlation with COVID-19 stress, interpersonal stress and emotional labor. As a result of multiple linear regression analysis, regional emergency medical centers and local emergency medical centers among the work organization types, interpersonal stress, COVID-19 stress, and gender and the explanatory power was 28.6%. Through these results, we intend to provide basic data for the development of an intervention program to prevent burnout of emergency room nurses and improve nursing performance at the time of a new infectious disease pandemic.