Hospitals, General

Findings in this study point clearly to the fact that compared to our findings in 1969 at PGH and Sta. Rosa, an increasing number of Filipino women are desperate enough to terminate unwanted pregnancies in a manner that poses hazards to health and even life. In a survey, conducted in barrios in Cavite, twelve percent of respondents who had induced abortions said that they sought hospitalization." In these barrios, therefore, for every hospital admission for induced abortion, one can expect about seven other cases in the community. Considering that a city like Manila can be expected to have more sophisticated clinics, it is quite possible that for every hospital case, a larger number of pregnancies have been successfully terminated in the communityCompared to women with spontaneous abortion, women who have induced abortions are mostly married: have fewer children, and do not want an additional child or prefer only one. The subtantial increase in contraceptive acceptors after abortion means that contraception has great potential for preventing illegal abortions. More efforts should be taken to inform women of the dangers of induced abortion and the longer and more expensive hospitalization following complications. Education of all post-abortal cases on the wisdom of using contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancy should be made a part of routine advice given before obstetric clinic/hospital discharge. Women who express or hint rejection of pregnancy and unwed mothers should get special attention because of their vulnerability to deliberate termination of pregnancy. More social services should be established to help mothers continue unwanted pregnancies to term and to help them place the babies for care. The church should take an active role and positive steps in youth and marriage counselling; in encouraging prevention of irresponsible childbearing; and in providing services for rejected children. It is not enough to talk about the evils of abortion and un-natural methods of contraception; it is everyones responsibility to seek and try strategies for preventing unwanted pregnancies and induced abortion. If we do not act, the problem may become a question of conception control of abortion?(Conclusions)
Hospitals, General

PURPOSE: This study was performed to identify the effects of self-leadership and job involvement on clinical competence in general hospital nurses. METHODS: The participants in this study were 443 staff nurses working in general hospitals and having more than 6 months of nursing experience. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS: There were significant positive correlations between nurses' self-leadership and job involvement, and between nurses' self-leadership and clinical competence. In the multiple regression analysis, clinical career, type of department and self-leadership were significant predictors in explaining nurses' clinical competence and accounted for 28% of the variance in nurses' clinical competence. CONCLUSION: Study findings suggest that nurses' self-leadership is defined as having an important influence on nurses' clinical competence. In order to strengthen nurses' clinical competence, there is a need to develop education programs to increase nurses' self-leadership.
Clinical Competence ; Hospitals, General

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of nursing work environment and job stress on health problems of hospital nurses. METHODS: The subjects were 200 nurses working in S general hospital in Gyeongnam, and the data were collected using organized questionnaire from Jan 10 to 25, 2015. The Korean version of the practice environment scale of nursing work index, the instrument for job stress, and the Korean version of Todie Health Index for health problem were used for measurement. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression. RESULTS: The nursing work environment was found to be slightly negative, and the job stress was found to be high. There were significant correlation among nursing work environment, job stress, and health problems. In addition, it showed that the nursing work environment and job stress of nurses were factors affecting their health problems. CONCLUSION: The nursing work environment and job stress are influencing factors on the health problems of hospital nurses. Multi-faceted efforts to create a positive nursing work environment are required. Further researches related to association between the nursing work environment and health problem of nurses are needed.
Hospitals, General ; Nursing*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between upper-scale general hospital nurses' experience of verbal abuse and job stress. METHODS: Subjects were 245 nurses working at 3 upper-scale general hospitals in B city and the data were collected by convenience samples using self-reported questionnaires consist of general characteristics, verbal abuse and job stress. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test and Pearson's correlation coefficients. RESULTS: The mean score of verbal abuse level was 2.2 points and job stress level was 2.5 points. Experience of verbal abuse and job stress among the subjects had a positive correlation, and verbal abuse against nurses especially showed a strong correlation with job stress. CONCLUSION: Results of this study show that nurses' experience of verbal abuse increases their job stress. Therefore, continuous education and training programs that are based on the case studies with coping method according to clinical careers and working areas are required to reduce upper-scale general hospital nurses' experience of verbal abuse and decrease their job stress.
Education ; Hospitals, General*

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Hospitals, General* ; Humans ; Outpatients*

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Hospitals, General* ; Humans

Hospitals, General ; Cataract Extraction

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.
Hospitals, General ; Intention

general hospitals.METHODS: Participants were 139 nurses working in general hospitals. A survey was used and data were collected in April 2019. Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS/WIN 22.0 program.RESULTS: The significant predictors for the happiness of nurses were nurse's character (β=.56) and resilience (β=.80). These variables explained 67% of the variance in happiness of nurses. Also, resilience had a total mediating effect on the relationship between nurse's character and happiness.CONCLUSION: Findings indicate that nurse's character and resilience are important factors for the happiness of nurses in general hospitals.]]>
Happiness ; Hospitals, General ; Negotiating