PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analysis the financial statements of university hospitals and to apply the results to build nursing management strategies. METHODS: Data on the financial statements of university hospitals were collected each hospital's homepage or internet search from February to June, 2010. Financial statements of 11 hospitals were analyzed using the 4 categories of financial ratio analysis method: liquidity, performant, growth and turnover. RESULTS: Overall results showed that the financial status the university hospitals were unstable, and many financial indicators did not meet financial standard ratios. Only 8 financial indicators of total 19 indicators satisfied financial standard ratios. CONCLUSION: The results of financial statements analysis suggest that nurse managers should develop the blue ocean strategy for diversification of nursing services to improve financial ratios of liquidity, performance, and growth. Using a unit-based just-in-time system for effective supply management would help to increase profits and to decrease costs of hospital by improving financial ratios of turnover.
Financial Management ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Internet ; Nurse Administrators ; Nursing Services

PURPOSE: This study was done to investigate the effects of individual-organization personality agreement using a five-factor model on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of hospital nurses. METHODS: Participants were 222 nurses who had worked for more than 1 year in a university hospital. Data were collected from January 14 to 20, 2012, using self-recorded questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression methods. RESULTS: Extraversion personality fit and the Agreeableness personality fit had a significant effect on job satisfaction. Extraversion personality fit, agreeableness personality fit, and openness personality fit had a significant effect on organizational commitment. CONCLUSION: Results of this study show that individual-organizational personality agreement affects hospital nurses' job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The extraversion personality fit and agreeableness personality fit of the 5 factors are identified as important variables to increase organizational performance. Based on these results, it is necessary to develop an integrated organizational personality measure model for increasing nurses' work environment satisfaction related to individual-organization personality fit.
Extraversion (Psychology) ; Job Satisfaction* ; Surveys and Questionnaires

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The frequency of symptomatic acute HAV infections in adulthood are increasing in Korea. This study analyzes the clinical severity in patients with acute HAV infection and investigates risk factors associated with three severe complications: prolonged cholestasis, acute kidney injury, and acute liver failure. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of 726 patients diagnosed from January 2006 to December 2010 at three tertiary hospitals in Jeonbuk Province, Republic of Korea with acute HAV infection. RESULTS: In the group of 726 patients, the mean age was 30.3 years, 426 (58.6%) were male, and 34 (4.7%) were HBsAg positive. Severe complications from acute HAV infection occurred as follows: prolonged cholestasis in 33 (4.6%), acute kidney injury in 17 (2.3%), and acute liver failure in 16 (2.2%). Through multivariate analysis, age > or =40 years (OR 2.63, p=0.024) and peak PT (INR) > or =1.5 (OR 5.81, p=0.035) were found to be significant risk factors for prolonged cholestasis. Age > or =40 years (OR 5.24, p=0.002) and female gender (OR 3.11, p=0.036) were significant risk factors for acute kidney injury. Age > or =40 years (OR 6.91, p=0.002), HBsAg positivity (OR 5.02, p=0.049), and peak total bilirubin (OR 1.11, p=0.001) were significant risk factors for acute liver failure. CONCLUSIONS: Age > or =40 years, female gender, HBsAg positivity, peak PT (INR) > or =1.5, and peak total bilirubin were significant risk factors for severe complications in acute HAV infections.
Acute Disease ; Acute Kidney Injury/complications ; Adult ; Cholestasis/complications ; Female ; Hepatitis A/complications/*diagnosis ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/blood ; Humans ; Liver Failure, Acute/complications ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Odds Ratio ; Republic of Korea ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Tertiary Care Centers