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Effects of ego-resilience, nursing professionalism and empathy on clinical competency of general hospital nurses (종합병원 간호사의 자아탄력성, 간호전문직관 및 공감능력이 임상수행능력에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Suhyun;Park, Heeok
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.101-110
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of ego-resilience, nursing professionalism and empathy on clinical competency and to suggest strategies for improving the clinical competency of general hospital nurses. Methods: Data collection was performed from Jan. 18th, 2019 to Feb. 14th. A total of 194 nurses from four general hospitals participated in this study. The collected data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis using SPSS 23.0. Results: The factors affecting the clinical competency of general hospital nurses included ego-resilience (β=.28, p<.001), nursing professionalism (β=.20, p=.011), empathic concern (β=.19, p=.003), working department (β=-.17, p=.008), total clinical career (β=.15, p=.011), and number of beds (β=.13, p=.033). These factors accounted for 33.0% of the clinical competency (p<.001). Conclusion: It is important to find ways to improve the level of empathy of general hospital nurses and there is a need to include education programs or practical interventions to strengthen empathy at the clinical level.

The Mediating Effect of Professionalism in the Relationship between Clinical Competence and Field Adaptation in Newly Graduated Nurses (신규간호사의 임상수행능력과 현장적응의 관계에서 전문직업성의 매개효과)

  • Kim, Young-Soon;Park, Kyung-Yeon
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.536-543
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effect of professionalism in the relationship between clinical competence and field adaptation in newly graduated nurses. Methods: The participants in this study were 213 nurses from four tertiary hospitals who had less than 12 months of nursing experience. Data were collected during January and February, 2013. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, and path analysis with the SPSS/WIN 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs. Results: The mean score for clinical competence was $2.85{\pm}0.25$, for professionalism, $3.10{\pm}0.30$, and for field adaptation, $2.79{\pm}0.37$. There was a significant positive relationship between clinical competence and field adaptation. Also, professionalism was positively correlated with field adaptation. Professionalism showed mediating effects between clinical competence and field adaptation. Improvement of clinical competence increased professionalism and the increased professionalism raised the field adaptation. Conclusion: Based on these findings, orientation programs including strategies to increase professionalism, should be established to promote effective field adaptation in newly graduated nurses. These orientation programs can strengthen professionalism, the mediator between clinical competence and field adaptation in newly graduated nurses.

Clinical Nurses' Knowledge and Educational Needs about Dizziness (어지럼에 대한 임상 간호사의 지식수준과 교육요구도)

  • Park, Jung Hee;Lee, Hyun Jung
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.259-265
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to investigate clinical nurses' knowledge and educational needs about dizziness. One of the most frequent complaints among adult persons visiting the hospital is experiencing dizziness. Clinical nurses in the hospital play a crucial role in managing such patients. Methods: Our paper is a cross-sectional survey using structured instruments to evaluate clinical nurses' knowledge and educational needs about dizziness. This study was conducted January through February 2018. Subjects were 246 clinical nurses in an outpatient, intensive care, internal medicine unit and emergency department at university hospital. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistics 21. Results: The average ofdizziness knowledge score was 57.66± 23.75 (range 0-100) and educational need was 3.55 ± .47(range 0-5). There were significant differences in dizziness knowledge according to age (p< .001), working unit (p< .001), career duration (p< .001), change experience of unit (p< .001), dizziness patient care experience and participation in dizziness education (p< .001). There was positive correlation between knowledge of dizziness and the need for dizziness education (r= .26 p< .001). Conclusion: Results of this paper indicate that a dizziness education program is urgently needed for clinical nurses. Such a program should be seriously considered based on our results.

The Effects of Temperament and Character, Emotional Intelligence on Self-leadership of Clinical Nurses (임상간호사의 기질·성격, 감성지능이 셀프 리더십에 미치는 영향)

  • Bak, Won-Sook;Oh, Kyung Mi;Yu, Jae Sun
    • Journal of muscle and joint health
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.263-274
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: This descriptive research study investigated the effects of temperament and character, emotional intelligence on self-leadership of clinical nurses. Methods: This study recruited clinical nurses at a tertiary general hospital located in S city through convenience sampling. A survey was conducted from April 10 to May 5, 2020, using offline questionnaires. A total of 343 answers were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a three-step hierarchical regression analysis with the SPSS 22.0 program. Results: Factors influencing self-leadership of clinical nurses at a tertiary general hospital in S city were persistent among temperament (β=.331, p<.001), personal maturity (β=.408, p<.001), and total emotional intelligence (β=1.062, p<.001). These factors contributed 58% of self-leadership (F=29.20, p<.001). Conclusion: It was confirmed that persistent among temperament and personal maturity among character, emotional intelligence were factors affecting self-leadership of clinical nurses. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and provide programs to control the factors affecting self-leadership of clinical nurses to increase self-leadership.

A Qualitative Study of Nursing Students' first Clinical Experience (전문대 간호학생들의 첫 임상실습 체험 연구)

  • Park, Mi-Young;Kim, Soon-Yi
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.23-35
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    • 2000
  • This qualitative nursing research used a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to discovery of meaning of the nursing students' clinical experience in junior colleges. Data collecting was utilized by in- depth face-to-face interviews of 10 sophomores who were participating in their first clinical experience. The following themes of the experience emerged. 1) The first step of fear (fear, being embarrassed) 2) Rhythmical patterning of theory and practice(disappointment of nurses, recognition of the gap between the theory and practice, the conflict between medical doctors and nurses, trouble with the students from other colleges, confusion from nurses' educational and noneducational attitudes, burden of responsibility for nurses' jobs, and the tiresome nature of repeated practice) 3) Discovery of changing self, awareness of self-expansion (awareness of professional nurses' roles, formation of self-confidence, changing of one's state of mind) From this study essential theme of clinical experience of nursing student's was identified, and continuous efforts to establish better adaptation of nursing students to clinical practice are required.

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The Influence of Job Stress and Calling on the Organizational Commitment of Nurses: Focused on Clinical Nurses at University Hospitals in Busan (간호사의 직무스트레스와 소명의식이 조직몰입에 미치는 영향: 부산시 소재 대학병원의 일반간호사를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Moon-Jeong;Lee, Yu-Mi
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.27-37
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    • 2016
  • Objectives : This study was conducted to test the influence of job stress and calling on the organizational commitment of clinical nurses. Methods : 220 clinical nurses at two university hospitals in Busan were recruited. They were asked to complete a questionnaire, and 192 data sets were included in the statistical analysis. Results : The mean score of the clinical nurses' organizational commitment was 4.0. All subdomains of job stress and calling were found to have correlations with organizational commitment. The organizational system (t=-6.099, p<.001), lack of reward (t=-3.990, p<.001), purpose/meaningfulness (t=3.624, p<.001), and occupational climate (t=-3.581, p<.001) were revealed to have influences on the organizational commitment. The model was statistically significant, explaining 52.2% of the variance (F=47.808, p<.001). Conclusions : To help clinical nurses become committed to their organizations, administrators need to build fair and rational organizational systems, strengthen various types of rewards, and help nurses reconcile nursing and the meaning of their lives. In addition, every nurse should endeavor to change the nursing organizational climate which is based on vertical collectivism, to a rational climate.

Influence of Professional Self-concept, Job Overload and Perceived Organizational Support on Job Involvement in Clinical Nurses (임상간호사의 전문직 자아개념, 직무과부하 및 조직지원인식이 직무몰입에 미치는 영향)

  • Han, Soo Jung;Koo, Hyun Young
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.89-99
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of professional self-concept, job overload, and perceived organizational support on job involvement in clinical nurses. Methods: The participants in this study were 232 nurses who were working in five general hospitals in city D. Data was collected using self-reported questionnaires from August 16 to September 15, 2016. The data was analyzed using the IBM SPSS 19.0 program. Results: Job involvement of clinical nurses was influenced by professional self-concept, perceived organizational support, turnover intention, age, and monthly income. These variables explained 47.6% of job involvement of clinical nurses, and professional self-concept was the most significant factor in job involvement. Conclusion: The findings indicate that the job involvement of clinical nurses is influenced by professional self-concept and perceived organizational support. Consequently, it is necessary to increase professional self-concept and perceived organizational support for nurses' job involvement.

Association of Job Stress with Health-promoting Behaviors and Health Status in Clinical Nurses (임상간호사의 직무 스트레스와 건강증진행위 및 건강상태의 관련성)

  • Kim, Jung-Suk;Kim, Chun-Ja
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.311-319
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: This study examined association of job stress with health-promoting behaviors and objective health status in 129 clinical nurses working at a university hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive design was used. Job stress and health behaviors were measured with Korean Occupational Stress Scale and Heath Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II, respectively. Health status measured with afternoon plasma cortisol, C-peptide, and lipid profiles. Results: The level of job stress among clinical nurses was moderate with 51.41 on average. The mean for health-promoting behavior in the low stress group was significantly higher than that in the high or moderate stress groups (p<.001). The proportions of nurses with high C-peptide and cortisol levels, or low high-density lipoprotein levels, ranged from 14.0% to 35.7%. In particular, the percentage of nurses with high C-peptide levels was significantly higher in moderate and high stress groups than in the low stress group (24.1% versus 11.6%, p<.05). Conclusion: The study findings affirmed the associations of job stress with health-promoting behaviors as well as selected health status indicators such as C-peptide in clinical nurses. Job stress management intervention can help clinical nurses to improve their health-promoting behaviors and health status.

Effects of a Refresher Program for Inactive Nurses on Nursing Professionalism and Nursing Clinical Self-Efficacy (유휴간호사를 위한 재취업 교육과정이 간호전문직관과 간호업무 자기효능감에 미치는 효과)

  • Han, Mi-Ra;Choi-Kwon, Smi
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.44-53
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify effects of a refresher program for inactive nurses on nursing professionalism and nursing clinical self-efficacy. Method: A pre-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest was used. The refresher program consisted of 150 hours and was provided to inactive nurses who were recruited from a refresher program at S institute. Eighty inactive nurses participated in the study. Data were collected between June and November 2009. To evaluate the effectiveness of the refresher program, researchers explored participants' nursing professionalism and nursing clinical self-efficacy through self-evaluation questionnaire before and after the refresher program. Result: The refresher program was effective in increasing nursing clinical self-efficacy for inactive nurses (p<.001). However, no significant increase was found in nursing professionalism after completing the program. Conclusion: The refresher program had a positive impact on increasing the nursing clinical self-efficacy for inactive nurses.