Job Description of the Nurses Who Work in Operating Room Using DACUM Technique.
- Author:
Kyung Sook CHO
1
;
Haeng Mi SON
;
Hyun Sook KANG
;
Joo Hyun KIM
;
Nan Young LIM
;
Kye Sook YOON
;
Hye Ja HAN
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Kyungwon University, Korea. sonhm@mail.ulsan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Job Description;
Nurse;
Operating Rooms
- MeSH:
Career Mobility;
Curriculum;
Job Description;
Operating Room Nursing;
Operating Rooms
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2008;15(4):566-577
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Developing a curriculum(DACUM) is a method of analyzing job focused competency, which is obtained from the data of an expert belonging to a certain career. In this study the DACUM method was used to analyze the jobs of operating room nurses. METHOD: Through the DACUM workshop which was arranged by two DACUM facillitators, a definition of the role of operating room nurses was developed and then duties and tasks of operating room nurses' were identified. For the workshop, a DACUM committee with 10 operating room nurses was organized. Finally, the duties and tasks which were identified were validated by 422 nurses for importance, difficulty, and frequency. RESULTS: Thirteen duties and 105 tasks were identified on the DACUM chart, where importance, difficulty, and frequency of tasks were represented by alphabet letters A, B, and C as higher degree of importance. The determinant coefficient(DC) showed that the most important duty was assisting with operations(DC=6.61), and the least, managing operating materials(DC=4.22). For tasks, the most important ones were assisting in orthostatic surgery(DC=7.60), and assisting in thoracic surgery(DC=7.38), and the least important making gauze ball(DC=2.39), and saving of operation site((DC=3.27). CONCLUSION: The results suggest a need to develop an education program using the DACUM chart as a basis for the development and as a clinical career ladder and for curriculum of operating room nursing.
