Job Analysis of Maternal Fetal Intensive Care Unit Nurses Using DACUM Technique
10.22650/JKCNR.2018.24.1.10
- Author:
Hee Jeong KIM
1
;
Jeung Im KIM
;
Sukhee AHN
;
Myoung Hee KIM
;
Yunmi KIM
;
Kyung Sook CHO
;
Namsuk HWANG
;
Jung Sun CHOI
;
Soo Hye PARK
;
Eun Hee LEE
Author Information
1. HN, Department of Nursing, Konkuk University Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurse;
Job;
Task;
MFICU;
DACUM
- MeSH:
Critical Care;
Delivery Rooms;
Education;
Fetal Heart;
Intensive Care Units;
Leisure Activities;
Nursing;
Nursing Care;
Pregnancy
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2018;24(1):10-22
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was performed to establish the role and to analyze the job of MFICU (Maternal Fetal Intensive Care Unit) nurses using DACUM (Developing a curriculum). METHODS: A DACUM workshop was held to define MFICU nurses' role and identify their duties and tasks. A DACUM committee was consisted of 7 nurses, 2 nursing professors and 1 medical doctor and as a result, a survey was developed which contained duties and tasks of MFICU nurse. Pre-test was carried out for the validity, finally collected the data from 97 nurses who worked at 7 MFICU and 10 delivery room. RESULTS: A total of 60 duties, 115 tasks and 822 elements of tasks were defined on the DACUM chart and survey. The importance, frequency and difficulty of the tasks were presented the determinant coefficient (DC), the highest DC duty was ‘Manage maternal ventilator’ (15.09) and the lowest DC was ‘Provide nursing care for leisure to gestation extension mother’ (6.52). Twenty-eight tasks were differentiated between MFICU and delivery nurses significantly. And the most important, frequently, difficulty task perceived by MFICU nurse was ‘Check fetal heartbeat with electronic fetal heart monitor’. CONCLUSION: The organized educational program and policy was needed to develop for MFICU nurses.
