Purpose: This study aims to explore the in-depth experiences of participating in a parent education program at the H Science Institute and understand the meaning and essence of their experiences. Methods: This study employed qualitative content analysis. Data were collected from June 20 to 30, 2023. Participants were a total of 28 people who could provide detailed experiences of participation in the parent education program at the H Science Institute. Focus-group interviews were conducted with 28 participants. Results: The qualitative content analysis revealed six themes: “Exploring the genuine path to become a parent”, “Precious experiences acquired through education that is not easily accessible”, “Discovering the transformed self through education”, “I believe that there had been a change in family relationships”, “Improvements are required in a few contents”, and “I look forward to the program with more extended outreach”. Conclusion: Efforts are required to understand the current status of parent education, verify its empirical effectiveness, and provide parents with awareness of the necessity to observe and control their minds.

Purpose: This study aims to not only understand the meaning and essence of patients’experiences visiting the Raphael Nanum Homeless Clinic but also explore what kind of healthcare programs they would like to have in the future by appraising patients’experiences in depth. Methods: This study employed a qualitative content analysis method. The data were collected from June 11, 2023, to June 25, 2023. A total of 17 patients who could provide detailed experiences of their visit to the Raphael Nanum homeless clinic participated in this study. We conducted a focus group interview with 6 patients and in-depth one-on-one interviews with the remaining 11 patients. Results: The qualitative content analysis result revealed five themes: “visiting a free clinic for various paths,” “positive experiences at the free clinic,” “negative experiences at the free clinic,” “dissatisfaction with the clinic site,” and “anticipation for the future of the free clinic.” Conclusion: To ensure the right to health and survival of marginalized populations in the future, it is necessary to establish comprehensive healthcare support measures, which include enhancing the facilities of the free clinic and expanding the range of available medical specialties.

Purpose: To determine whether artificial -intelligence quarantine robots can positively contribute to environmental management in medical institutions. We conducted in-depth interviews to understand the experiences of hospitalized patients receiving environmental management from such robots. Methods: Data were collected during March 20~May 20, 2023. individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 hospitalized patients, who could provide specific details of their experience of receiving environmental management from a quarantine robot. Results: Qualitative content analysis identified four themes, including “First encounter with an amazing and new quarantine robot,” “Efficiently performs non-face-to-face quarantine work in hospitals,” “Problems with quarantine robots,” and “Recommendations for improving the functionality of quarantine robots in medical institutions so quarantine robots and humans can coexist.” Conclusion: Currently, quarantine robots have limited functionality, and additional research is needed to identify various other functions in consideration of future infectious disease situations and the level of quarantine appropriate in a hospital.

Purpose: This study aimed to understand the impact of nurses’ psychosocial experiences in COVID-19 on their mental health and the psychosocial adjustment and growth of patients with COVID-19. Methods: This study used qualitative content analysis. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews with 10 nurses with COVID-19 from February 24, 2022, to March 17, 2022. Results: Six themes were identified in the qualitative content analysis, including ‘Psychological burden after diagnosis’, ‘Acceptance of confirmed results’, ‘Difficulties caused by change in an unfamiliar environment’, ‘Confusion after returning to daily life’, ‘Mental state after a complete recovery’, ‘Incomplete prevention of infectious disease and control guidelines’. Conclusion: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical and mental health of nurses can have a significant impact on the quality of medical care; therefore, an understanding of their psychosocial adjustment will help support nurses adjust better in future pandemic situations.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the nurses’ experience of the side effects of COVID-19 vaccination and understand its meaning. Methods: This study was a qualitative study using the content analysis method. The data collection period using a focus group was from October 26, 2021 to January 23, 2022. Results: The themes included: “Pressure from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination”, “Feeling relieved because the side effects are mild”, “Severe vaccine side effects cause negative emotions”, “Tolerating side effects and coping personally”, “Confusion and alienation about insufficient coping of side effects”, “Feeling skeptical about the COVID-19 vaccination policy”, “Thinking about how to build trust in the COVID-19 vaccine”. Conclusion: In the future, it is considered important to establish scientific evidence through continuous monitoring and data collection of the side effects of COVID-19 vaccination and to build trust in vaccines through transparent information disclosure.

Purpose: This study aimed to understand the COVID-19 vaccination experience of nursing students and explore its importance. Methods: A descriptive qualitative study and content analysis was conducted. The participants were 14 nursing students who expressed their rejection of COVID-19 vaccination. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from November 24, 2021, to January 30, 2022. Results: The COVID-19 vaccination experience of nursing students included four themes: “nostalgia for everyday life before COVID-19”, “hesitancy to get vaccinated against COVID-19”, “different thoughts about COVID-19 vaccination”, and “future direction of COVID-19 vaccination”. Conclusion: The COVID-19 vaccination experience of nursing students may be due to a lack of trust in COVID-19 vaccination. Therefore, accurate information about COVID-19 vaccination should be provided to lower the vaccination hesitancy of nursing students.

Purpose: This study was aimed to analyze the research trends by investigating the nursing theories used in research articles in Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing for the last 10 years. Methods: Among the research articles published in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing for the past 10 years from 2010 to 2019, the research trends was analyzed by investigating the nursing theories used in the studies. Results: As the results of a survey of 847 papers published in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing from 2010 to 2019, 139 studies applied to the theory were extracted. As for the theory, one Grand Theory, Roy’s adaptation model, and 6 Middle Range Theories including Kolcaba’s comfort theory, Pender's health promotion model, King's goal attainment theory, Watson's human caring theory, Reed's self-transcendence theory, Mishel's uncertainty in illness theory. Conclusion: In nursing, more use of nursing theories in research is necessary in the future, not only in quantitative research methods but also in qualitative research.

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: We conducted phenomenological qualitative research to provide in depth understanding on infectious disease management. Methods: Participants were 10 nurses working in an isolation ward, where only patients with infectious diseases were institutionalized in one general hospital in Seoul. Data were collected through individual interviews and analyzed according to Colaizzi data analysis method. Results: The main theme of the experience of the nurses who worked in the isolated ward was ‘Nurse's sense of duty to overcome the fear of infection’. Through 83 meaningful re-statements and 13 themes, three sub-themes including ‘Unstable isolation ward’, ‘Taking care of infected patients’ and ‘Insufficient isolation patient care system’. Conclusion: Nurses, working in the new isolation ward, work in a lonely and dangerous environment having fear of infection, being lack of supplies and overcoming various psychological difficulties. In-depth understanding of these needs require efficient infection management policies, measures, and societal recognition.

시설재배시의 관수자동화 및 필요수량 산출에 대한 기초자료를 구축하는 것을 목적으로 우리나라에서 많이 재배되고 있는 시설재배작물인 상추와 오이를 대상으로 시설환경, 재배방식 및 생육단계별 증발산량을 실측 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 상추의 생육은 NFT 재배구가 토양재배에 비하여 2배 이상 빨랐다. 오이의 생육은 펄라이트재배가 가장 좋았고 암면재배는 펄라이트재배 보다 약간 떨어졌으며 토양재배는 상당히 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다. 상추의 소비수량은 토양재배 2.62l/주, NFT 1.71l/주로 조사되었다. 오이의 소비수량은 토양재배 45.22l/주, 암면재배 27.45l/ 주, 펄라이트재배 29.06l/주로 조사되어 토양 재배쪽이 양액재배에 비하여 많은 물을 소비하는 것으로 나타났다. 상추의 평균 증발산비는 토양재배 0.96, NFT 1.37로 나타났으며, 토양재배에서는 생육단계별로 큰 차이가 없었으나 양액재배에서는 생육단계에 따라 크게 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 오이의 평균증발산비는 토양재배 1.42, 암면재배 1.87, 펄라이트재배 2.02로 나타났으며, 생육단계에 따른 증발산비의 증가는 양액재배가 토양재배에 비하여 현저하게 큰 것으로 나타났다. 증발산량과 시설내부의 평균기온 사이에는 상관관계가 없는 것으로 나타났으나 증발산량과 증발계증발량, 일사량 및 최저습도 사이에는 고도로 유의한 상관관계를 보이는 것으로 나타났다.