PURPOSE: This descriptive study was conducted to identify the effects of hospital organizational culture and work environment on nurses' intent to stay at work. METHODS: Participants of this study were 234 nurses who have worked at a local general hospital in the Chungcheong province for at least 6 months. The data were collected from July 17 to 28, 2017, using self-reported questionnaires and analyzed with multiple regression using SPSS version 22.0. RESULTS: Clinical experience (β=.38, p<.001), institutional support (β=.33, p<.001), and relation-oriented culture (β=.24, p<.001) affected intent to stay at work among nurses. These variables accounted for 34.8% of the variance in intent to stay at work among nurses. CONCLUSION: This study confirms the effects of the work environment and organizational culture on nurses' intent to stay at work. Efforts for improving the work environment and organizational culture need for retaining nurses in a hospital. We suggest further research to identify the other factors associated with intent to stay at work among nurses.
Hospitals, General ; Intention ; Organizational Culture

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Burns* ; Humans ; Spinal Cord Diseases*

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Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe ; Humans ; Temporal Lobe

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Aneurysm* ; Carotid Artery, Internal* ; Cluster Headache ; Headache* ; Intracranial Aneurysm

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Neuralgia ; Spinal Cord Compression ; Spinal Cord Diseases

We found a case of Ael for the first time in Korea. The patient was 28-year-old woman admitted for the delivery of her first baby. Patient's red cells were typed as O, while the serum typing was A. The red cells were agglutinated by anti-H, but not agglutinated by anti-A1 or anti-AB. Adsorption of anti-A by patient's RBC was confirmed on the adsorption-elution test. In the saliva, only H substance was demonstable. A substance was not demonstrated either in the serum or in the saliva. A transferase was not demonstrated in patient's serum. One of the patient's sister and her daughter, and the patient's son also had same Ael phenotype.
Adsorption ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Korea* ; Nuclear Family ; Phenotype ; Saliva ; Siblings ; Transferases

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of cognitive health promotion workbook for community-dwelling elderlies with mild cognitive impairment and dementia performed by trained dementia partners. METHODS: The trained dementia partners performed cognitive training program with the workbook developed by Incheon Metropolitan Dementia Center to 36 participants with mild cognitive impairment or dementia at their home. The cognitive training program consisted of 60-minute sessions held twice weekly for 10 weeks. We evaluated their cognitive performances at baseline and after intervention. Pre- and post-intervention measures included Korean version of Mini-Mental Status Examination for Dementia Screening (MMSE-DS), Global Deterioration Scale, Korea Activities of Daily Living Scale, Korea Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, Korean Version of Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale (SGDS-K) and Korean Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (KQoL-AD). RESULTS: Participants showed significant improvements compared with their baseline in MMSE-DS (p=0.002), SGDS-K (p=0.001) and KQoL-AD (p<0.001). There were no significant differences of improvement between high cognitive function group (MMSE ≤20, n=16) and low cognitive function group (MMSE ≤20, n=20). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the cognitive training program with cognitive health promotion workbook can improve cognitive function, quality of life and depression for community-dwelling elderlies with mild cognitive impairment and dementia and it would be efficient that trained dementia partners perform the cognitive training program regularly at their home.
Activities of Daily Living ; Cognition ; Dementia ; Depression ; Education ; Health Promotion ; Incheon ; Korea ; Mass Screening ; Mild Cognitive Impairment ; Quality of Life

Cavernous sinus syndrome is characterized by multiple cranial nerve palsies manifesting with ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, facial sensory loss due to involvement of adjacent cranial nerves. Tumor, trauma, and non-infectious inflammatory disorders are principal causes of cavernous sinus syndrome. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is one of the fatal causes of cavernous sinus syndrome usually in immunocompromised patients. Here is a case of cavernous sinus syndrome complicating occlusion of the internal carotid artery by necrotizing fungal sinusitis, which is highly suspicious of rhinocerebral mucormycosis with non-immunocompromised state.
Carotid Artery, Internal ; Cavernous Sinus ; Cranial Nerve Diseases ; Cranial Nerves ; Immunocompromised Host ; Mucormycosis ; Ophthalmoplegia ; Sinusitis

Aspergillus tracheobronchitis, an uncommon form of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, is characterized by the development of a pseudomembrane, ulcers, or an obstruction that is predominantly confined to the tracheobronchial tree. Pseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheobronchitis is the most severe form of Aspergillus tracheobronchitis, and only a few cases have been reported in Korea. We report the characteristic chest CT findings in a patient diagnosed with pseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheobronchitis after bronchoscopy and successfully treated by proper antifungal treatment.

Objective: This study examined whether the changes in reimbursement coverage of brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) affected practice for patients who visited the emergency department with dizziness as the chief complaint. Methods: Among the 5,423 patients who visited the emergency department for dizziness in 2017, 2019, and 2021, 4,497 patients were included in the study retrospectively and investigated by brain diffusion-weighted MRI and the presence of cerebral infarction on brain diffusion-weighted MRI. This study examined whether there was a significant difference before and after the change. Results: In 2017, 2019, and 2021, 1,489, 1,570, and 1,438 patients with dizziness visited the emergency department, respectively. The number of patients who underwent a brain MRI scan gradually increased from 237 (15.9%) in 2017 to 628 (40.0%) in 2019 and 948 (65.9%) in 2021 (P<0.001). The number of positive findings on brain MRI scan increased gradually from 30 patients (2.0%) in 2017 to 47 patients (3.0%) in 2019 and 53 patients (3.7%) in 2021 (P=0.025). The ratio of positive findings of brain MRI scans to the number of patients who underwent brain MRI scans decreased gradually to 12.7% in 2017, 7.5% in 2019, and 5.6% in 2021 (P=0.001). Conclusion The changes in the reimbursement coverage of brain MRI affect the number of brain MRI scans and the detection of cerebral infarction.