2.The Effects of Nursing Work Environment and Job Stress on Health Problems of Hospital Nurses.
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing 2016;25(3):227-237
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
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Nursing*
3.A Study on the Relationship between Upper-scale General Hospital Nurses' Experience of Verbal Abuse and Job Stress.
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing 2015;24(3):173-182
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
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Hospitals, General*
4.Effects of Self-leadership and Job Involvement on Clinical Competence in General Hospital Nurses.
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2013;19(4):462-469
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
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Hospitals, General
5.The anaylsis of clinical contents of outpatient in family medicine department at a general hospital.
Myung Eui HONG ; Dong Suk KANG ; In Ja HUH ; Jong Ho SUH
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1993;14(8):608-613
No abstract available.
Hospitals, General*
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Humans
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Outpatients*
6.An analysis of family medicine-based evening practice in general hospital.
Mee Rim KIM ; Tae Min CHO ; Yong Ho PARK ; Yeon Joon CHOI ; Hee Chul KANG ; Eui Sik JUNG
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1992;13(9):759-767
No abstract available.
Hospitals, General*
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Humans
8.Influence of Professional Self-concept, Job Overload and Perceived Organizational Support on Job Involvement in Clinical Nurses
Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2018;24(1):89-99
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
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Intention
10.Reasonable development for regional general hospitals
Journal of Practical Medicine 2002;430(9):43-44
The article introduced some advantages and models of regional general hospitals. The relationship between development of regional general hospitals and strengthening the district health centers also was recommended.
Hospitals
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Community Health Centers
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Hospitals, General