• Title/Summary/Keyword: 간호정책

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Obesity related Factors in Middle Aged Women: Comparison of Body Mass Index and/or Waist Circumference as Measures of Obesity (지역사회 중년여성의 특성 및 건강행위 실천과 비만: 비만 지표에 따른 비교)

  • Kim, Gwang-Suk;Kim, Eun-Gyeong;Lee, Chung-Yul;You, Mi-Ae;Klm, Bong-Jeong;Park, So-Hyun;Lee, Soon-Nam;Klm, Jeong-Eun
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.273-284
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: The study examined obesity conditions and related factors in middle aged Korean women who had been diagnosed as obese based body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) measurement. Presently, BMI alone, WC alone, or BMI + WC were used as obesity measures. Methods: Subjects were 488 women 40~64 years of age living in one city, Korea. Structured questionnaires concerning general characteristics, health behavior practices, and chronic disease history were completed by each subject. Results: The proportions of obesity were 42.4% by BMI, 39.3% by WC, and 51.3% by the combination of both measurements. Chi-square test revealed significant associations of obesity with age, education level, menopausal status, frequency of excessive eating, and history of diabetes mellitus or hypertension. These associations were similar for the three measurement schemes. There was significant positive relationship between BMI and WC, whereas the relationship between BMI and WHR (waist-hip ratio) was not significant. Conclusions: The combination of BMI and WC measurement may be a valid way to evaluate the obesity status in middle-aged women. Developing an obesity management program that includes control of excessive eating, and consideration of menopausal status and history of chronic diseases would be prudent.

Factors Affecting the Distribution of Practicing Nurses (임상간호사 분포에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Euntae Park;Jinhyun Kim
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.94-102
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    • 2024
  • Background: There is controversy surrounding the claim that current nursing workforce policies exacerbate the geographic imbalance of nurses in Korea, but very few studies have confirmed this assertion. Therefore, this study aimed to identify factors influencing the distribution of nurses at the regional level, including variables related to nursing workforce policies. Methods: This study analyzed the distribution of 225,462 practicing nurses across 250 regions in Korea as of 2020. National statistics were collected for these 250 regions, and regression analysis was conducted. Results: Factors influencing the distribution of practicing nurses included the number of annual inpatient days, integrated nursing care service beds, public healthcare institutions, tertiary hospitals, and general hospitals. Additionally, the number of nursing graduates and healthcare institutions with nurse staffing grade 1 and 2 had an impact on nurse distribution in non-capital regions. Conclusion: To prevent exacerbating the geographic imbalance of nurses, careful decisions should be made regarding the expansion of integrated nursing care service beds. Furthermore, it is necessary to increase the number of nursing students in non-capital regions and prioritize the improvement of wages and working conditions for nurses in those areas.

Influences of Ethical Value on Attitude toward Patient Safety in Nursing Students (간호대학생의 윤리적 가치관이 환자안전에 대한 태도에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Mihwa;Jeon, Soojin
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.283-291
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    • 2019
  • This study is a descriptive study to investigate the effects of ethical values on attitude toward patient safety of nursing students. The subjects were 179 senior nursing students in S city, and The data were collected from Aug. 21 to Sep. 15, 2017. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS Statistics version 24.0. Nursing students showed 3.74, moderate level in attitude toward patient safety. Subcategory area of ethical values as relationship with nursing client, nursing practices and relationship with collaborator were positively correlated but human-life area is negatively correlated with attitude toward patient safety. The variables that have a significant effect on the attitude toward patient safety were academic score, and major satisfaction of the general characteristics, and the sub - item of the ethical values, the client relationship area, the human - life area and the nursing practices area. These factors explained 38.6% of variance. These results should be considered in the development of education policy of nursing students and further study is needed to verify the effect of the results.

Nursing Performance and Requirements of Visiting Nurses at Public Health Centers according to Omaha system (오마하체계에 따른 보건소 방문간호사의 간호업무 수행도와 필요도)

  • Choi, In-Hee
    • Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.143-154
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    • 2020
  • The aim of this study was to identify the performance and requirements of the visiting nursing care using Omaha system in public health center. The highest performance were 'personal hygiene', 'pain', 'medication regimen', 'nutrition', 'physical activity', 'sanitation', 'sleep and rest patterns', 'oral hygiene', 'mental health' in order. The lowest performance were 'sexuality', 'postpartum', 'income', 'family planning', 'pregnancy', 'spirituality', 'abuse', 'reproductive function', 'neglect' in order. Problems such as 'postpartum', 'pregnancy' and 'family planning' need to strengthen the role of visiting nurses according to the region. this result will be the basis for visitung nursing care.