The Perceived Importance and Performance Frequency of Nursing Interventionsin the Oncology Units in a Tertiary Hospital.
- Author:
In Gak KWON
1
;
Myung Sook CHO
;
Hee Yeon SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Nursing Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Oncologic nursing;
Nursing intervention
- MeSH:
Education;
Humans;
Korea;
Nursing Process;
Nursing*;
Oncology Nursing;
Tertiary Care Centers*;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2007;19(2):260-273
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was performed to understand the perceived importance and performance frequencies of nursing interventions and identify the core and major interventions in oncology units. METHODS: Questionnaires using 151 nursing interventions were given to 45 nurses. The performance frequency was measured through the database of the nursing process recording system for 1 year. RESULTS: The perceived importance of the nursing interventions averaged out to be 3.5 among 4 and on average 36.5 times of nursing interventions were performed on each patient. Fifteen core nursing interventions including 'pain management' were identified and they made up 82.7% of the entire performance frequency rate. And 26 interventions including 'drug administration: Amphotericin-B' were identified as major nursing interventions and occupied 10.6% of the entire performance frequency rate. CONCLUSION: Since the core and the major nursing interventions were identified and these occupied 93.3% of the all nursing interventions, these results can be utilized as baseline data for establishing the guidelines and standards of nursing interventions and providing systematic education for oncology nurses in Korea.
