Development of Hospital Nurses' Job Description based on DACUM Method: Focusing on General Ward and Intensive Care Unit.
10.11111/jkana.2017.23.5.535
- Author:
Sun Mi LEE
1
;
Yeon Hee KIM
;
Yu Mi SHIM
;
Jin Sun CHOI
;
Mi YU
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Analysis;
Hospital;
Job description;
Nurses;
Work
- MeSH:
Critical Care*;
Curriculum;
Ethics, Nursing;
Infection Control;
Intensive Care Units*;
Job Description*;
Korea;
Methods*;
Nursing;
Patients' Rooms*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2017;23(5):535-547
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to clarify nurses' duties, tasks and task elements and to develop a job description for clinical nurses on general and intensive care units in tertiary-level hospitals, and dramatically reflect changing medical trends in Korea. METHODS: The job description was developed based on the Developing a Curriculum Method (DACUM). The questionnaire included frequency, importance, and difficulty of duties, tasks and task elements, measured on a 4-point scale. Results were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Data were collected from September 4 to 7, 2017, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and a scattered graph. RESULTS: The job description consisted of 10 duties, 38 tasks, and 51 elements. Of the 10 duties, the highest duty in order of importance was ‘Direct nursing care’ followed by ‘Infection control’. The highest duties according to frequency and difficulty were ‘Document and notify’ and ‘Research and quality improvement’. ‘Safety management’ and ‘Infection control’ were considered as relatively simple duties, however, these two duties were still included as important jobs for clinical nurses. CONCLUSION: The job descriptions for clinical nurses developed from this study contain nursing ethics and safety as well as infection control, to faithfully reflect clinical nurses' jobs.
