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.

ABSTRACT
Ⅰ. 서 론
    1. 연구의 필요성
    2. 연구목적
    3. 용어정의
Ⅱ. 연구방법
    1. 연구설계
    3. 연구도구
    4. 자료 수집 방법
    5. 자료 분석 방법
    6. 윤리적 고려
Ⅲ. 연구결과
    1. 대상자의 일반적 특성
    2. 초극소저체중출생아 간호 관련 교육 현황
    3. 초극소저체중출생아(ELBW infants)간호에대한 교육의 필요성
    4. 시뮬레이션 실습이 필요한 교육 주제 분석
Ⅳ. 논 의
Ⅴ. 결론 및 제언
참고문헌

• 지은아(신경대학교 간호학과) | Ji Eun A (Department of Nursing, Shingyeong University) Corresponding Author