PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to define the relationships between job stress, professional self-concept, and job satisfaction among nurses in rehabilitation units and to identify factors that influence job satisfaction. METHODS: This study surveyed 240 nurses working at the rehabilitation units of 10 hospitals located in G City. To collect the data, nurses' job stress, the professional self-concept of nurses instrument (PSCNI), and the Korean-Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (K-MSQ) were used. The data were analyzed through t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program. RESULTS: The scores for job stress, professional self-concept, and job satisfaction were 3.34+/-0.61, 72.36+/-8.64 and 3.17+/-0.39, respectively. Job satisfaction and job stress showed a low-level negative correlation with statistical significance (r=-.13, p=.042), whereas a medium-level positive correlation was found between job satisfaction and professional self-concept (r=.46, p<.001). Job stress, professional self-concept, total career length and size of working hospital explained approximately 25.8% of job satisfaction (F=17.52, p<.001). CONCLUSION: Considering the results in this study, it is necessary to develop a practical educational program to establish positive professional self-concept for nurses in rehabilitation units. Such efforts must be supported by clinical nursing administrations through policies aimed at reducing job stress and increasing job satisfaction.
Job Satisfaction* ; Nursing ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Rehabilitation*

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Using the 15 strains of Vibrio eulnificus isolated from the blood and tissue fluid of the patients with primary septicemia, cultural characteristics were studied on various media. The media to be used in culturing Vibrio vulnificus should contain sodium chloride, because it could not survive on the media without NaCl. The organism grew poorly or not at all on the media with eosin-y, methylene blue, crystal violet, or azide, because these substances suppress its growth. Vibrio vulnificus grew well in the enrichment media such as brain heart infusion, tryptic soy broth, and nutrient broth with 0. 5% NaCl.
Brain ; Cultural Characteristics* ; Gentian Violet ; Heart ; Humans ; Methylene Blue ; Sepsis ; Sodium Chloride ; Vibrio vulnificus* ; Vibrio*

To determine the prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus infection in lymphoid neoplasms of various histology and location, the paraffin tissues of 74 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and 13 Hodgkin's diseases were studied by EBER and BHLF RNA in situ hybridization as well as immunostaining using LMP-1, EBNA-2, and ZEBRA. As a control, non-neoplastic lymphoid tissues from the nasal cavity(10), lymph node(38) and Waldeyer's ring(12) were investigated. In non-neoplastic control, EBV genome was detected in none of 10 nasal mucosa, 6 of 38 lymph node, and 1 of 12 Waldeyer's ring. EBV-positive non-neoplastic lymphocytes expressed CD45RO in 2 cases and CD20 in 4 cases. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was positive for EBV in 37.8% of the cases in which T-cell lymphoma showed higher rate(56%) than B-cell lymphoma(15%), especially in nasal lymphoma(80%) and angiocentric lymphoma(63.6%). Hodgkin's disease was EBV positive in 38.4% of the cases. EBV genome in tumor tissue existed in latent form as well as in lytic form. LMP-1 was positive in 80% of Hodgkin's disease and 39% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in which EBV genome was detected. EBNA-2 was expressed in 3 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. On the basis of protein expression, most lymphomas belonged to type II latency. These results support that EBV is associated with pathogenesis of malignant lymphoma although its mechanism still awaits to be clarified.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to survey the prevalence rate of cognitive impairments and to identify the factors influencing cognitive impairment in the elderly in rural communities of Jeju Province. METHODS: 590 elderly in 6 rural communities of Jeju Province were interviewed, using a questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic characteristics, health behavior, quality of life, and MMSE-K RESULTS: Prevalence of cognitive impairment was 33.1% (39.1% of females, 16.76% of males). Prevalence of dementia was 12.4% (16.3% of females, 2.87% of males). Factors related to cognitive impairment were age, sex, education, standard of living, employment status, and subjective health state. CONCLUSIONS: In community health care for the elderly, factors relating to cognitive impairment have to be considered. When planning community health care, priority should be given to the elderly; who need care but live alone; who lack social support; who have a low standard of living; who experience discomfort in the activities of daily living; who believe they are not in a good state of health; or whose life satisfaction is low.

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DNA* ; Thyroid Gland*

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Mesenteric Artery, Superior* ; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome*

Beckwith-Wiedemann sydrome is a multisystemic pattern of congenital anomalies with overgrowth. This syndrome is first described independently by Beckwith in 1963 and by Wiedemann in 1964. There is wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, including prenatal or postnatal overgrowth, neonatal hypoglycemia, macroglossia, visceromegaly, omphalocele, hemihypertrophy and a predisposition for embryonal tumors, most frequently Wilms' tumor. We experienced a case of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome who developed left adrenal cortical neoplasm of indeterminate malignant potential.
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome ; Hernia, Umbilical ; Hypoglycemia ; Macroglossia ; Wilms Tumor