Purpose: This study attempted to enhance the nurses’ safety competence in administering medications by using simulation training focused on high-alert medication. Method: A total of 30 nurses from 14 teams participated in the simulation training using a high-fidelity patient simulator. Medication administration performance and built-in error recovery was observed using a medication administration safety assessment checklist. Medication safety knowledge and confidence were measured before and after simulation training. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a paired t-test. Results: There were numerous variations in safe medication administration. The safety behavior by oral prescription was insufficient compared to that by routine medication prescription. Following simulation training, knowledge of medication safety increased significantly, but confidence did not. Conclusion: Nurse educators may consider simulation to be an effective strategy for enhancing nurses’ medication safety competence.

Purpose: This study aims to identify the degree of intention to hand hygiene and hand hygiene behavior in new nurses based on education experience on infection control. Method: The participants comprised 108 new nurses working in a general hospital in S city, Korea. Data were collected from September to December, 2020. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson correlation with SPSS 26.0 program. Results: There were statistically significant differences in intention to hand hygiene (F=3.39, p=.021) and hand hygiene behavior (F=3.33, p=.022) depending on education experience related to infection control during undergraduate courses. Hand hygiene intention (F=4.41, p=.008) and hand hygiene behavior (F=4.13, p=.008) showed statistically significant differences depending on educational satisfaction with infection control during undergraduate courses. There were significant positive correlations between intention to hand hygiene and hand hygiene behavior (r=.21, p=.026). Conclusion: This suggests that education in infection control can reinforce intention to hand hygiene and hand hygiene behavior in new nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand in-depth experiences of role conflict among infection control nurses’ (ICNs) in terms of the gaps between the role expectations and actual roles. Methods: This study was a qualitative study to explore and describe the implications of role conflict experiences of ICNs through a phenomenological approach. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with ICNs who worked as full-time for more than three years in the infection control department, and the results were analyzed using Colaizzi’s (1978) phenomenological method. Results: Topics brought up by the participants were categorized into five themes. The themes included "lack of awareness of infection control", "psychological burden of professional competence", "infectious control not being accepted due to different management and operational goals", "unrelentingly overworked", "shadow labor without adequate compensation", and "The process of earning mutual trust". Conclusion: In order to resolve the role conflict of ICNs, it is necessary to establish a career management system for ICNs and to have an appropriate compensation system.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore workplace bullying and turnover intention among new nurses whose career was less than 12 months. Method: Survey was performed using structured questionnaire which consisted of general characteristics, workplace bullying and results, turnover intention. Study participants were new nurses from a University hospital located in G-district. Total 163 questionnaires out of 180 were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, correlation, multiple regression as appropriate. Results: Overall bullying level was rather low, yet it was true that at least some new nurses were bullies. One factor affecting both bullying and turnover intention consistently was ward assignment. Working period, working ward, mistrust were predictive factors of turnover intention among new nurses. Conclusion: Factors revealed from this study and previous studies need to be into account when developing strategies to help new nurses in adjusting working environment. In addition, qualitative studies are called for further insight regarding the context of bullying and turnover intention.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the perception of biomedical ethics in nurses and nurse’s aide of comprehensive nursing care service. Methods: The subjects were 287 registered nurses and 81 nurse’s aides who were working in comprehensive nursing care service. The data were collected from December 2 to 15, 2019 using a 4-point Likert scale questions. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test and Dunnett T3 test, using the SPSS/WIN 23 program. Results: The average score of perception of biomedical ethics in nurses were 2.95±0.25 and nurse’s aides were 3.08±0.25 points. The perception of biomedical ethics by general characteristics related to age and marital status(p=.001), education(p=.007), a total career length and a career length of comprehensive nursing care service(p<.001), job satisfaction(p=.004) of the nurse biomedical ethics score was high and statistically significant. However, the higher the age of nurse’s aide, the higher the score was statistically significant(p=.007). The perception of biomedical ethics by characteristics related to biomedical ethics was statistically higher among nurses saying that the values of biomedical ethics were very firm (p =.002), those who have experience of having issues biomedical ethics (p =.001), those who believed that rules and procedures for biomedical ethics in a hospital were well organized (p =.003), those who believed that biomedical ethics problems would become more complex and increase in the future (p =.017), and those who experienced ethical dilemmas (p =.019). Conclusion: In the future, biomedical ethics education should be provided for nursing service teams.

Nurses help patients not lose their humanity to the end in the asymmetrical relationship between medical personnel and patients. Because the nurse's frequent judgments at the clinical site are associated with human dignity, the nurse is required to judge and act ethically, and is responsible for making ethical decisions. Therefore, nurses are trained from nursing colleges to have ethical competence, and such training should be carried out continuously and systematically even after graduation. A Medical Center Nursing Department implements various forms of ethical education to improve the ethical capacity of clinical nurses. Education is divided into four types: lectures, e-learning, workshops and clinical ethics counseling. All education was organized around real-life cases to realize that nursing ethics were not far from the actual work site but the closest problem encountered, and the core theories and issues were repeatedly and continuously exposed so that they could permeate into the nurse's ethical decision-making process. Of course, there are still more tasks to be carried out in the future, such as expanding debate-oriented education, promoting clinical ethics counseling, setting up a forum for sharing opinions on ethical issues such as the Ethics Round, but we hope that it will serve as a foundation for the development of better nursing ethics education programs by sharing specific cases of nursing ethics education currently implemented at a tertiary Hospital.

본 연구는 응급실 간호사의 폭력경험, 자아탄력성과 직무스트레스정도를 확인하고 관계를 확인하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 본 연구대상은 D시 소재의 4곳과 C시 소재 2곳의 500병상 이상의 응급실에서 근무 중인 경력 1년 이상의 간호사 143명을 대상으로 하였으며, 자료수집기간은 2018년 11월 6일 부터 15일까지이었다. 대상자의 폭력경험은 4점 만점에 평균평점 1.26±1.31점이었고, 자아탄력성은 4점 만점에 2.50±0.55점, 직무스트레스 정도는 5점 만점에 3.62±0.49점이었다. 폭력경험과 직무스트레스 하위영역별 상관관계에서 언어적 폭력 경험은 간호업무(r=.194, p=.010), 역할갈등(r=.158, p=.030) 스트레스와 유의한 양의 상관관계가 있었고, 신체적 위협 경험은 간호업무(r=.200, p=.008), 역할갈등(r=.162, p=.027), 의사와의 갈등(r=.145, p=.042) 스트레스와 양의 상관관계가 있었다. 자아탄력성과 직무스트레스 하위영역별 상관관계에서 간호업무 스트레스는 자아탄력성의 강인함(r=-.189, p=.012), 인내력(r=-.165, p=.025), 낙관성(r=-.186, p=.013) 영역과 음의 상관관계가 있었으며 전문지식 스트레스는 강인함 (r=-.230, p=.003), 인내력(r=-.195, p=.010), 낙관성(r=-.194, p=.010) 영역과 음의 상관관계가 있었고, 간호사 대우 스트레스는 영성(r=.154, p=.033) 영역과 양의 상관관계가 있었다. 폭력경험과 자아탄력성과의 하위영역별 상관관계에서 강인함은 신체적 위협(r=-.150, p=.037) 경험과 음의 상관관계가 있었으며, 인내력은 신체적 위협(r=-.138, p=.050) 경험과 음의 상관관계가 있었고, 낙관성은 신체적 폭력(r=-.151, p=.036) 경험과 음의 상관관계가 있었다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 응급실 간호사의 직무스트레스 감소를 위해 폭력이 발생하지 않는 안전한 근무 환경을 조성하고, 폭력상황 발생 시의 대처방법에 관한 지속적인 교육 및 스트레스 대처방법, 자아탄력성을 높이기 위한 프로그램개발 및 중재가 필요하다.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences on patient safety incidents in special departments. Methods: Data were collected from June 1 to July 31, 2019 through in-depth interviews with 8 nurses who worked in tertiary hospitals. Data were analyzed using Braun & Clarke's thematic analysis method. Results: Four themes and fourteen sub-themes emerged. Four themes are as follows: ‘Incidents occurred by missing confirmation in the operating room’, ‘Unexpected incidents in ICU’, ‘Incidents related to difficult intravenous cannulation in pediatric patients’, ‘Nurses are near to patient safety’. Conclusion: The findings provided valuable information on the hospital nurses' experiences on patient safety incidents in special departments, which may have serious consequences and have not been easily addressed. Programs to sustain patient safety and nursing systems to guard against these incidents should be developed.

Purpose: This study aimed to further understand the experience related to emotional labor among the emergency room (ER) nurses Methods: Data for the study were collected via in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 8 nurses working at ER in tertiary-hospital settings. Conventional content analysis method was adopted. Results: Data analysis revealed 3 categories and 8 major topics on the participants’ experience of emotional labor at ER. The first category ‘the nature of nursing at emergency room’ involves three topics: ‘making quick, smooth interactions with people around ER’, ‘heavy, demanding workloads for ER nurses’, and ‘difficulties embedded in working environment’. The second category ‘rules of emotional expression and management’ includes two topics: ‘norms of emotional expression required for ER nurses’ and ‘work-centered emotional management.’ The last category ‘exhaustion, adaptation, and the sense of reward’ has three topics: ‘burn-out’, ‘recharging and withstanding’, and ‘reeling rewarded’ While experiencing ‘burn-out’ due to the negative effect of emotional labor, participating nurses reported that they also felt the sense of rewarding by restoring positive emotions through proper self-management, positive feedback and social support. Conclusion: The findings show that the nature of ER care required intensive emotional labor from nurses. Thus, it is imperative to provide interventions that assist ER nurses to reduce the negative impact of emotional labor and reinforce its positive influence on their lives, with systemic approaches to reduce the intensity of emotional labor and improve working conditions in ER settings.

본 연구는 병원간호사의 간호조직문화, 조직커뮤니케이션만족, 직무착근도의 관계를 확인하고, 직무착근도에 미치는 영향요인을 파악하기 위함이다. C시 소재한 대학병원에 근무하고 있는 간호사 238명을 대상으로 2017년 8월 1일∼8월 10일까지 자료수집 하였다. 자료는 SPSS WIN 22.0 통계 프로 그램을 이용하여, 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression으로 확인하였다. 본 연구결과 간호조직문화는 5점 만점에 평균 3.32±0.33점 이었고, 조직커뮤니케이션만족은 5점 만점에 평균 3.19±0.37점 이었으며, 직무착근도는 5점 만점에 평균 3.19±0.44점이었다. 일반적 특성에 따른 직무착근도의 차이는 연령(F=9.00, p<.001), 학력(F=13.24, p<.001), 직위(t=-5.42, p<.001), 결혼(t=-3.11, p=.002), 근무경력(F=10.55, p<.001), 근무형태 (F=10.99, p<.001)에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 직무착근도와 간호조직문화(r=.502, p<.001), 조직커뮤니케이션만족(r=.673, p<.001)은 양의 상관관계가 있었다. 직무착근도에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 조직커뮤 니케이션만족(β=.575 p=.000), 근무경력 ‘10년 이상’(β=.342 p=.000), 간호조직문화(β=.203 p=.000), 근무경력 ‘5년 이상∼10년 미만’(β=.121 p=.000)의 순이었고, 모형의 설명력은 57.4%이었다. 이상의 결과에 따라 병원간호사의 간호직무에 착근도를 높이기 위하여 조직커뮤니케이션만족도를 수시로 파악하고, 근무경력, 간호조직문화 등을 고려한 간호실무 및 교육중재 프로그램 개발이 필요하다.

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between bullying, nursing work environment, reality shock and factors of influence on turnover intension. Data were collected from 381 nurses who were under the charge nurse at a hospital with more than 600 beds in Seoul. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS24.0 program. The mean score for turnover intension was 3.61 ± 0.89. The intension of turnover was correlated with bullying in the workplace (r=0.197, ρ=.001), the nursing work environment (r=-.409, p=.001), and reality shock (r=.572, p=.001). Variables affecting turnover intension were the work department(β=-0.018, ρ=.049), working environment(β=-0.424, ρ<.000), and reality shock(β=0.654, ρ<.000). The total amount of explanation for turnover intension was 37.3%. The degree of turnover intension of nurses was affected by work in general wards, the experience of workplace bullying and the nursing work environment. To reduce turnover intension, nursing work needs to be analyzed and efforts are needed to establish an effective communication system.

본 연구는 종합병원 간호사의 감정노동, 직무스트레스와 간호업무성과 정도를 살펴보고 간호업무성과에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구 대상자는 G 광역시에 소재한 200∼400병상 규모의 종합병원 2곳에 근무하는 간호사 132명이었고 자료수집 기간은 2019년 8월 20일 부터 9월 2일까지였으며 본 연구자가 직접 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 조사하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도와 백분율, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient 및 Multiple regression analysis로 분석하였다. 연구결과, 대상자의 간호업무성과에 미치는 영향요인은 회복탄력성(β=0.58, p<.001), 현 직위가 수간호사인 경우(β=0.21, p<.01), 현 근무지경력(β =0.18, p<.05)이었다. 또한, 추정된 회귀모형의 적합도에 대한 F통계량은 30.901(p<.001)으로 매우 유의 하였고, 설명력은 42.4%인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과, 종합병원 간호사의 간호업무성과에 회복탄력성이 가장 큰 영향요인으로 확인되었고, 수간호사일수록, 현 근무지경력이 많을수록 간호업무성과가 높 은 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 연구결과를 토대로 간호업무성과를 향상시키기 위한 방안을 모색하고 이에 대한 중재프로그램을 개발하는 기초 자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구는 의료기관 간호사의 양육스트레스, 역할갈등이 이직의도에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 본 연구대상은 병원에서 근무하는 간호사로 자녀가 있는 간호사를 142명을 대상으로 하였으며, 수집된 자료의 분석은 SPSS/WIN 23.0 통계프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 대상자의 양육스트레스의 정도는 4점 만점에 평균 2.50점, 역할갈등 정도는 5점 만점에 평균 2.48점, 이직의도 정도 는 5점 만점에 평균 2.71점이었다. 이직의도에 영향을 미치는 변수는 양육스트레스(β=.257 p<.001), 직무 만족(β=.242, p<.001), 역할갈등(β=.161 p<.001)으로 나타났으며 설명력은 총 45.6%이었다. 결론적으로 병원간호사의 이직의도는 양육스트레스, 역할갈등, 직장만족이 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 기혼간호사들의 양육스트레스와 역할갈등을 낮추기 위한 방안으로 양육과정에 있는 간호사들의 근무환경 개선 방안이 필요하다.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the current status and needs of nursing education for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants in Korea, and to obtain preliminary information to develop a simulation-based educational program on nursing care for nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICUs). Method: Descriptive survey design was adopted in developing an ELBW infant nursing education program. Data were collected from 71 NICU nurses using a questionnaire survey. Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) (version 23) for windows was used to analyze the frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation of the collected data. Results: Seventy-one nurses working in the NICU reported that majority of them (76.1%) had experience in ELBW infants’ nursing education. The following were highly recommended for simulated training by NICU nurses: nursing intervention immediately after birth in ELBW infants (69.0%), NICU‘ initial admission nursing (66.2%), and frequency response coping nursing (57.7%). Conclusion: The study revealed that there is a considerable need for the ELBW infants nursing education program. The results of this survey will ultimately provide a basis for developing simulation-based ELBW infants nursing training programs for NICU nurses.

Purpose: Despite the effort to bridge the disconnect between educational preparation of competent nurses and employers' expectation of new graduates, there is little known about what nursing competencies are required for new graduates. This paper aims to identify the nursing competencies expected of new graduates, both globally and in the specific Korean context. Methods: An integrative literature review was undertaken. International and Korean computerised databases were searched and 72 relevant papers were appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool and the Data Relevance. Twenty-eight studies were selected for final data analysis. Results: Three themes with eleven competency areas were discovered: new graduates are expected to be competent in delivering an evidence-based practice with a patient-centered approach as professional nurses. Competency in evidence-based practice involves being able to integrate theory and skills, utilise contemporary evidence, and undertake a systematic approach. Patient-centred care involves ensuring patient safety, educating the patient and their family, and demonstrating sound interpersonal communication skills with a collaborative approach. New graduates are also expected to practice legal and ethical nursing care, undertake continuing professional development, and demonstrate a capacity for clinical management and appropriate professional attributes. Conclusion: Identifying nursing competencies for new graduates can add a level of detail to the current nursing competencies required for new graduates in the global and the Korean context. The findings can be used not only to inform education providers of potential gaps in preparation for practice of new graduates, but also be used to identify support needed when graduates enter nursing workforce.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of patient safety incidents. Methods: Data were collected from June 1 to August 31, 2019 through in-depth interviews with 10 nurses who worked in tertiary hospitals. Data were analyzed using Braun & Clarke’s thematic analysis method. Results: Four themes and eighteen sub-themes emerged as follows. ‘Falls resulted in fatal consequences, the importance of precaution education’, ‘Errors occurred due to incompliance to verification protocol’, ‘Responsibility for catching other people's errors’, ‘Hospital environment from the viewpoint of patient safety’. Conclusion: The findings provided valuable information on the nurses’ experiences of patient safety incidents, which may have serious consequences and are not easily addressed. Programs to prevent patient safety incidents and systems to guard against these incidents should be established. Organizational safety culture also needs to be improved.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the turnover experience of nurses who moved from a tertiary medical institution to a general hospital and to understand the meaning of the move for them. Methods: This is a phenomenological qualitative study using Colaizzi's (1978) method. Semi-structured, open-ended questions and in-depth interviews were conducted to 11 nurses within 3 years after turnover to a general hospital at a tertiary medical institution, between April, 2018 to September, 2018. Results: The four theme clusters and thirteen themes emerged. The core theme licited I was “the journey to find-balance and leave.” Four theme clusters were; “advance to a dream job”, including ‘expectation for my work’, ‘my confidence and family pride’, “unstable my dream job” including ‘stand alone in a desert’, ‘crushed by extra work’, ‘torn protection’, ‘invisible future’, “my job that I wish to keep” including ‘unconditional patience for growth’, “I can't be a loser” is desperate selfinspiration’, ‘leaning on comfort and support', and finally “my place I found again.” including ‘being prepared to be by my side’, ‘restoring work-life balance’, ‘revealed my existence’, and ‘unsatisfied with new work’. Conclusion: Participants choose of turnover for physical and psychological well-being, instead of the romance of the tertiary medical institution. This showed the characteristics of the millennial generation that values the comfort and relaxation in one's life prior to professional vision of nursing care as a nurse, and success. The result is meaningful as an understanding of effective job management for current-generation clinical nurses.

본 연구는 치매환자를 돌보는 간호사의 공감도 구성요인이 무엇인지 분석하여, 이를 통해 치매 환자 간호실무에 도움이 되고자 한다. 본 연구를 수행하기 위해 요양병원에서 치매환자 간호에 종사하는 219명의 간호사를 대상으로 하였다. 공감도(ECRS)를 이용하여 요인구조 탐색과 확인요인분석(CFA)을 통 한 기초모형 추출 및 모형 수정, 모형 적합성 검증을 실시하였다. 본 연구 결과 간호사의 치매환자에 대한 공감도는 타인 정서의 수용, 자신의 부정정서 억제, 정서의 교류 및 상호작용 등 3개요인 49개 문항으로 구성요인의 타당성과 신뢰성을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과에 따라 타당성과 신뢰성을 확보한 공감도 측정 도 구는 향후 치매환자 간호실무현장에서 간호사의 공감도를 확인하는 연구에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된 다.

본 연구는 요양병원에 근무하는 간호사를 대상으로 죽음인식, 임종간호스트레스, 임종간호수행간의 관계를 파악하 고 이를 기반으로 임종간호수행에 영향을 주는 주요 요인을 파악하기 위한 것이 궁극적인 목적이다. 본 연구는 전라 남도 3개 도시에 위치한 요양병원간호사를 대상으로 연구를 수행하였으며, 조사도구는 죽음인식, 임종간호스트레스, 임종간호수행 설문지를 활용하였다. 수집된 자료는 기술통계를 수행하였으며, 변수간의 상관성을 분석하기 위하여 피어슨상관분석을 수행하였으며, 주요 영향인자를 분석하기 위한 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 통계분석은 SAS 9.1 ver. 을 사용하였다. 간호사 자신의 정신적, 업무적 스트레스가 임종간호수행에 많은 어려움을 야기하고 간호사는 임종환 자를 자주 경험하면서 임종간호스트레스가 높아진다. 죽음인식과 임종간호스트레스는 임종간호수행과 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 임종간호수행에 영향을 미치는 요인은 임종간호스트레스와 임상경력 이었다. 요양병원간호 사의 임상경력이 많은 사람일수록 임종간호수행도가 높았으므로 임상경력을 고려한 임종간호수행이 이루어져야 하 며, 임종간호수행에 있어 스트레스를 줄일 수 있는 방안과 임종간호수행에 영향을 주는 다른 요인을 심도 있게 파악 하여 요양병원 실정에 맞는 임종간호수행 및 교육이 필요하다고 사료된다.

본 연구는 간호 대학생이 느끼는 간호사 이미지와 전공만족도가 간호전문직관에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 간호 대학생이 긍정적인 간호전문직관을 형성할 수 있도록 교육과정편성과 비교과활동의 활성화를 위한 기초자료를 제시하고자 시행하였다. 연구 대상자는 서울과 충청권 거주 대학생으로 2019년 5 월 30일부터 6월 4일까지로 총 184부의 자료를 t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, Multiple regression analysis로 최종 분석하였다. 연구결과는 성격, 간호학 선택 동기, 간호직의 미래전망, 간호사 이미지 및 전공만족도를 예측변수로 간호전문직관을 설명하는 선형회귀모형은 통계적으로 유의하 였고(F=43.637, p<.001), 회귀모형의 설명력은 간호전문직관 총 변화량의 63.6%를 설명하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 간호 대학생의 간호전문직관을 증가시키기 위해서 긍정적 자아상을 통한 긍정적 이미지를 창출 하고 학습 만족도를 높이기 위한 교육프로그램 개발의 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.