Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the nurse’s experiences of ‘work flow interruption’ in hospital settings. Methods: Data were collected by in-depth interviews with 6 nurse in General wards or in the ER of tertiary hospitals. Qualitative content analysis method was used to analyze the data. Results: The following three categories were elicited; ‘acceptable interruptions’, ‘unacceptable interruption’, ‘nursing work environment interrupting work flow’. Conclusion: The findings provided interruptions are occurring in systemic structure and relationships within the hospital, taking into account the aspect of providing quality nursing care as profession. This confirms that nurses have negative effect on workload rather than positive ones. Based on the findings, it needs to be of interest to the nurses at the organizational level in order to relieve the burden and fatigue due to overloaded work.

서 론
    1. 연구의 필요성
    2. 연구목적
연 구 방 법
    1. 연구설계
    2. 연구참여자
    3. 자료수집
    4. 자료분석
    5. 윤리적 고려
    6. 연구의 타당성 확보
연 구 결 과
    1. 수용 가능한 업무중단
    2. 수용하기 어려운 업무중단
    3. 업무흐름에 영향을 끼치는 환경
논 의
결 론 및 제 언
REFERENCES

• 손행미(울산대학교 간호학과) | Son Haeng-Mi (Department of Nursing, University of Ulsan)
• 김은정(동아대학교 대학원 간호학과) | Kim EunJeong (Graduate School, Department of Nursing, Dong-A University) Corresponding author