• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.138-152
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• 2005

Purposes: The purposes of this study are to investigate the definition, components, prevalence, and associated factors of metabolic syndrome and suggest the management strategies for workers. Method: This study was conducted by literature review. Results: Metabolic syndrome by the NCEP-ATP III is the clustering of three or more of five conditions: abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low levels of HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high glucose(blood sugar). The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome by modified NCEP-ATP III in South Korean workers was about 20 to 25%. Metabolic syndrome is caused by many associated factors, namely, age, family history, socioeconomic status, job strain, shift work, psychosocial distress, bad health behaviprs and so on. Conclusions: To prevent metabolic syndrome at worksites, multifactorial risk factor assessments and preventive approaches are required. Socioeconomic factors such as education, working status should be nationally importantly considered for the health inequality of workers. Occupational health nurse, at first, can start weight control, smoking cessation program. stress management, the improvement of work environment. Next stage, early diagnosis and treatment for metabolic risk group can be performed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.449-458
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• 2016

The study verified the work capacity (job performance, perception, knowledge) and satisfaction on managing the inventory of operating room nurses working in a more than 700-bed hospital. The purpose of this study was to provide basic data of education for work capacity and satisfaction and quality insurance by analyzing the scores between the three different operating rooms and the correlation between the work capacity and satisfaction by investigating the related factors. This study presented a structured and self-administered questionnaire to 181 nurses who had been working in the operating room more than six months. The mean and standard deviation of the job performance, perception, knowledge, and satisfaction were 4.2(${\pm}0.56$), 3.4(${\pm}0.76$), 3.5(${\pm}0.40$), and 3.4(${\pm}0.55$), respectively. The work capacity and satisfaction of each group did not show a statistically significant difference. The correlations between the job performance and knowledge, knowledge and perception, perception and satisfaction were positive (r=.627, p<0.01), (r=.663, p<0.01) and (r=.485, p<0.01), respectively. Among the factors related to the general characteristics of operating room nurses, only age significantly affected their job performance. This study provides basic data on the maintenance and improvement of their competence and satisfaction by being served as a resource for sustainable human resources management and training, and efficient management of the communication channel between hospitals.

• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.3
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• pp.71-85
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• 1993

The objective of this study is to describe the frequency of workplace health promotion activites. For this objective, questionaire was requested to 648 trainees of Korea Industrial Safety Corporation. Respondents' positions were safety manager, health care manager, or representatives of employee. Major findings are as follows: 1) Of responding workplaces, 66.2% supported the activities related to promote employees' health. The support rate was higher of Manufacturing and Tranport than others. And the lager workplaces had the higher support rate. 2) Most frequent activity is exercise program. But the prevalence of smoking cessation, stress management, nutrition education and women health care was very low. Major contents of support were to pay the cost of these activites and to equip the places or the facilities. 3) 24.9% had the non-smoking policy in the workplace. 98.6% equiped the places and facilities for employees. Mean number of facilities across all workplaces was 2.96 and that of exercise circles was 3.60. In conclusion, it was suggested that the stratege was needed to develop the Korean model for workplace health promotion on the basis of exisiting activites.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.50-59
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• 2006

Purpose: This study was conducted from January to March, 2004 to examine the effect of telephone follow-up on the performance of self-care in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and on role stress of family caregivers. Method: Research design was a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design. Seventy-two participants were assigned to either the experimental group (18 cancer patients, 18 family caregivers) or the control group (18 cancer patients, 18 family caregivers). Data were collected before and after the intervention and were analyzed with paired t-test, t-test, Mann-Whitney U Test & Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. Results: Performance of self-care in the experimental group undergoing telephone follow-up was significantly higher than that of the control group (t=8.016, p=0.000). Role stress of family members in the experimental group was also significantly higher than that of the control group (t=2.133, p=0.042). Conclusion: This results suggest that the telephone follow-up is effective for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and their family caregivers. Telephone follow-up can be recommended as an effective nursing intervention for self-care performance in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and to reduce role stress of family caregivers.

• Women's Health Nursing
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.239-257
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• 2019

Purpose: To analyze the job of nursing unit managers working at women's hospital, using DACUM (developing a curriculum), DACUM is a method for analyzing job-focused competency. Methods: This study involved a descriptive survey. A DACUM workshop was held to define women's hospital nursing unit managers' role and identify their duties and tasks. For the workshop, a committee was formed consisting of 5 women's hospital nursing unit managers. Finally, after validation, the developed contents were made into a survey asking about nursing unit manager's duties and tasks. Results: Sixteen duties and 83 tasks were identified on the DACUM chart. The importance, difficulty, and frequency of the tasks were ranked in terms of A, B, and C, with A being the highest degree. Eight tasks received A's all in importance, difficulty, and frequency of performance. The 8 tasks were: 'taking over', 'taking care of seriously ill patients on handover', 'ward rounding', 'analyzing and resolving demands identified during handover and patient tour', 'reporting patient status during rounding', 'promoting breast-feeding', 'uterine contraction, and training for breast-feeding'. The duty with the biggest determinant coefficient (DC) was 'patients complaint management' (DC=7.09). Based on tasks, the one with the biggest DC was 'solving patient and patient guardian's complaints' (DC=7.53), followed by 'making infection control guidelines' (DC=7.5). Conclusion: When expanding the nursing staff of the hospital, women's hospitals nursing unit managers also need to use administrative functions as intermediaries to focus on the operation management of the entire hospital rather than direct nursing to suit their role.

• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.120-131
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effects of an 8 week, self-managed, app-based and poster-based stretching program on musculoskeletal symptoms, flexibility, stretching frequency, self-efficacy, social support, and musculoskeletal disorder knowledge in small manufacturing business workers. Methods: This was a cluster randomized, two-group pretest-posttest design. Workers were assigned to either an app-based (n=20) or a poster-based (n=25) stretching intervention. Both groups received an educational class. The app group also received mobile phone text messages and an app with stretching videos, stretching alarms, stretching records, and information on musculoskeletal disorders. The poster group received workplace stretching posters. Data were collected from April to September 2018 and analyzed with the 𝑥² test, paired t-test, and independent t-test. Results: There was only a significant difference in social support. Significant increase in flexibility and musculoskeletal symptoms were noted for both groups, but social support and musculoskeletal disorder knowledge were significantly changed only in the poster group. More than half of the workers practiced stretching at least 3 times a week. Conclusion: The 8 week, self-managed, workplace stretching program was effective to increase flexibility and stretching frequency to at least 3 times a week. However, effective interventions for musculoskeletal symptoms could not be identified.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.445-453
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• 2002

Purpose: This study has been designed to evaluate occupational health services on workers with hypertension Method: Study participants were 108 workers having a diagnosed hypertension. The instrument used for this study was the questionnaire developed by Cho(1998). Analysis of the data was done with SPSS Win 10.0 for descriptive statistics, Correlation coefficient. Results: 1. The mean score of process domain was $3.77\pm.43$ The score of process domains were usefulness of health management$(3.98\pm.49)$, education or counselling$(3.87\pm.53)$, follow up in medical examination$(3.79\pm.58)$, usefulness of providing materials$(3.53\pm.62)$, perception of medical examination $(3.37\pm.80)$ 2. The mean score of outcome domain was $3.47 \pm.44$ The score of outcome domains were obstructiveness of social life$(3.90\pm.78)$, habits of living $(3.41\pm.76)$, blood pressure change $(3.25\pm.81)$, perception of seriousness$(3.02\pm.88)$. 3. Blood pressure change was significant correlated with education or counselling(r=.31) and usefulness of providing materials(r=.28).

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.1264-1272
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• 2015

This study was performed to compare the perceived importance and performance frequency of the core nursing skills between general and special department. Subjects were 182 nurses who work on the hospital. Data was collected using items made by Korean accreditation board of nursing education and analyzed by frequency, mean and t-test. There were differences of importance and frequencies about nursing core skill between general and special wards. Core nursing skills of general wards were higher importance on intradermal injection(p=.011), transfusion(p=.028), simple catheterization(p=.047), cleansing enema(p=<.001), preoperative and postoperative care(p=.035), management administration(p=.027) and oxygenation with cannular(p=.002) than special wards. Actual performance frequency core nursing skills of general wards were higher similar on transfusion(p=.002), intermittent tube feeding(p=.032), simple catheterization(p=<.001), cleansing enema(p=<.001), preoperative care(p=.001), postoperative care(p=<.001), management administration(p=.001), protection equipment for quarantine room and waste disposal(p=.021), oxygenation with cannular(p=<.001) than special wards. It is needed to develop efficient and sequential program to learning the nursing core skills for nursing students.

• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.1
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• pp.5-16
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• 1991

본 연구는 산업간호사의 역할 확대에 따른 교육과정의 개선 및 보수교육 프로그램의 모색을 위한 기초자료로서 기본간호교육과정에서의 산업 간호교육 실태를 파악하고자 시도되었다. 구체적으로는 첫째, 기본간호교육과정의 일반적 특성을 파악하였으며 둘째, 지역사회간호학의 학습내용을 파악하였고, 세째, 산업 간호교육실태를 분석하였다. 연구방법은 먼저 1991년 2월 18일 부터 2월 25일까지 기존 문헌을 토대로 기본 간호교육과정의 일반적 특성과 지역사회간호학의 학습내용을 파악하였고, 산업 간호교육 실태에 대해서는 2월 26일부터 3월 15일까지 전국에 있는 간호교육기관을 대상으로 작성된 조사표에 의해 전화 또는 서신으로 자료를 수집하였다. 조사 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 연구의 대상 산업간호교육 실태조사의 대상은 조사에 응답한 간호교육기관 41개교로서 '90년 현재 전국 간호교육기관의 66.1%를 차지하는 것이다. 교육과정별로는 간호대학 14개교 전문대학 27개교였고, 지역별 분포에 있어서는 대학과정 중 6개교(42.9%)가 서울에 있으며 전문대학의 경우 전남 6개교(22.2%), 경북 5개교(18.5%)의 순으로 나타났다. 2) 간호교육과정의 특성 기존의 연구결과를 토대로 교과목 분포 및 주전공 교과목의 내용을 파악하였다. 대학과정의 경우 평균 141.3학점, 전문대학의 경우 평균 120학점이 필수 이수 학점인 것으로 나타났고, 두 경우 모두 전공교육에 관한 학점이 총 이수학점 중 대학 55.5%, 전문대 57.2%를 차지하였다. 주전공 교과목 중에서는 성인간호학 및 실습, 기초간호과학 및 실험, 모아간호 및 실습, 지역사회간호학 및 실습, 정신간호 및 실습의 배당 학점이 특히 많았다. 3) 지역사회간호학의 학습내용 산업간호 교육의 기본 개념틀올 제시하고 있는 지역사회간호학은 체계이론과 Stevens의 간호이론을 토대로 개발된 모형을 중심으로 살펴 보았는데 이 모형에 따르면 산업간호는 지역사회간호 문제의 하나로 다뤄지고 있다. 4) 산업간호 교육 실태 조사 대상 학교 모두 산업간호에 관한 내용을 강의에서 다루고 있었으며, 6개 학교에서는 실습도 병행된 바 있다. 강의는 주로 전문대의 경우 3학년(22개교), 2학년(5개교)에서, 대학의 경우 모두 4학년에서 이루어졌다. 산업간호 강의의 편성형태는 36개교(87.8%)가 지역사회간호의 일부로 다루고 있었으며, 강의시간수는 5~9시간이 19개교(47.5%)로 가장 많았다. 강의시간에 주로 사용되는 교재로는 교수가 직접 작성한 참고자료나 보건학강좌, 산업보건학 등이 사용되었다. 강의내용 또한 매우 다양한 것으로 나타났는데, 특히 전문대학의 경우가 더욱 다양했으며, 전반적으로는 산업간호사업, 산업간호개념, 직업병관리가 가장 많았다. 한편 실습운영에 있어서는 산업체의 비협조 또는 거리상의 문제 등이 어려운 점으로 지적되었다. 실습대상인 업체로는 종이제조업, 제철업, 신발제조업, 전자업체, 봉제업체, 관공서, 유리제조업체가 있었고, 주로 1주일간 실습지침서를 이용한 현지 교수 중심의 지도와 1,2회의 conference에 의해 이루어졌다. 그러나, 1일 견학하는 정도로 운영하는 학교와 선택 학점으로서 3주동안 실습을 하도록 하는 경우도 있었다. 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 다음과 같은 결론을 내릴 수 있겠다. 첫째, 전반적인 전공교육과 특히 지역사회간호학을 통해서 산업간호사의 업무 수행에 필요한 일반적인 능력이 길러지고 있다고 볼 수 있다. 둘째, 산업간호사의 업무 중 보다 전문적인 지식과 기술을 요하는 부분에 대해서는 산업간호라는 교과를 통해 보다 체계적으로 다루어져야 할 것이다. 따라서, 이에 사용될 수 있는 교과서의 개발, 실습현장의 마련, 시간 및 학점의 증가 등이 시급히 이루어져야 하겠다.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.35-43
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between general characteristics, clinical practice stress, major satisfaction and employment stress, and check the effect on employment stress in order to provide baseline data of reduced amount of stress from nursing undergraduates. Methods: The cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. We selected 388 nursing undergraduate students from nursing college located in Daejeon, Jinju, Naju city by convenience random sampling and analyzed the data using SPSS 22.0 program. Results and Conclusion: Factors that effects on employment stress was clinical practice stress, major satisfaction and family economic status, and the explanatory power was 23.8%. The results show the need for development of pre-clinical practice adaptation education program and applying it for nursing students to reduce the clinical practice stress. Also, development of counseling program is needed, since nursing has higher employment rate compare to other major however it is difficult to get a job at wanted hospital, moreover there are students who are pressured from license examination.