PURPOSE: The Purpose of this study was to identify the relationship among leadership style of nurse managers, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention. METHOD: The subjects were 468 nurses and 19 head nurses who were working at the 3 general hospitals in seoul. The data were collected from July 6 to September 14, 2001 by the structured questionnaires. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression with SAS package were used. RESULT: 1) The score of the nurse managers' transformational leadership perceived by surbodinates' were higher than that of the nurse managers' transactional leadership. Among 5 subdimensions of the leadership styles perceived by surbodinates', the scores of 'charisma' and 'intellectual stimulation' were highest and 'management by exception' were lowest. 2) 'Charisma', 'intellectual stimulation', 'individual consideration' and 'contingent reward' were positively related to all of variables except 'turnover intention'. 'Management by exception' was negatively related to all of variables and was positively related to 'turnover intention'. 3) 'Job satisfaction' was positively related to 'organizational commitment' and 'Job satisfaction', 'organizational commitment' were negatively related to 'turnover intention'. 4) As a result of stepwise multiple regression analysis, the key determinants of 'turnover intention' were 'organizational commitment' and this explained 44.4% of the total variance of it.
Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Intention* ; Job Satisfaction* ; Leadership* ; Nurse Administrators* ; Nursing, Supervisory ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Seoul ; Statistics as Topic

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is an uncommon disease of children and young adults with two major risks: gastrointestinal hemorrhage caused by portal hypertension, and cholangitis related to bacterial infection of dilated intrahepatic bile ducts. It is characterizeed by stony hard hepatomegaly and portal hypertension with rather well preserved hepatic function and architecture, and frequent association of the renal lesions. We have recently experienced a case of congenital hepatic fibrosis in a 24 year-old Korean male. The chief complaint was hematemesis from esophageal varices. There were marked hepatosplenomegaly, mild pancytopenia and the liver function test was within normal engorgement and dilatation of portal and splenic veins and multiple cysts of both kidneys.
Child ; Adult ; Male ; Female ; Humans ; Cysts

This was designed to identify the relationship of perceived stress, ways of coping, and stress response in student nurses. The subjects of this study were 320 student nurses from two universities and three junior colleges located in Seoul. The data were collected from November 28 to December 10, 1997 by a questionnaire survey method. The instruments for this study were the perceived stress scale developed by Levenstein(1993), ways of coping scale developed by Lazarus and Folkman(1984), and the stress response scale developed by Choi(1991). The data were analyzed by SAS program, using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and ANOVA. The results are summarized as follows : 1. The mean score for the level of perceived stress was 2.55. 2. The mean score for the level of problem oriented coping was 1.61 and the mean score for the level of emotional oriented coping was 1.37. 3. The mean score for the level of stress response was 3.74. Stress was classified into nine factors and the order of scoring for the most frequent was; assignments(3.98), as a nurse(3.97), interpersonal relationship(3.88). 4. The relationship between perceived stress and stress response revealed a positive significant correlation(r=0.23, p=0.0001). 5. The relationship between emotional oriented coping and stress response revealed a positive significant correlation(r=0.22, p=0.0001). 6. The relationship between perceived stress and emotional oriented coping revealed a positive significant correlations(r=0.13, p=0.020). In conclusion, this study revealed that the level of perceived stress and ways of coping were important factors influencing the stress response of student nurses. Therefore, in consideration of perceived stress, ways of coping should be included in the development of a stress management program for student nurses. Further research with an expanded area and subjects is recommended.
Surveys and Questionnaires ; Humans ; Nursing* ; Seoul ; Students, Nursing*

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Child ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic*

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Child* ; Humans ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory* ; Peritonitis*

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Child* ; Humans ; Nephrotic Syndrome*

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Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome*

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Liver* ; Neoplasm Metastasis*

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Child* ; Humans ; Tuberculosis*

To elucidate the pathophysiology of crescentic glomerulonephritis, we investigated the effects of basic fibroblast growth factor(bFGF) on cultured rat parietal epithelial cells(PEC). Cultured cells were characterized as PEC by morphologic and immunohistochemical findings. PEC were cultured with or without various concentrations of bFGF, 1, 5, 25, and 50ng/ml for 0, 24, 48, and 96 hours. We found that bFGF is mitogenic to PEC in vitro at high concentrations and short-term incubation by direct cell counting and [3H]-thymidine incorporation assay. Also, cell viability evaluated by trypan-blue test increased at 5 and 25ng/ml of bFGF and decreased with time. We utilized the radionuclide-labeled precursors of extracellular matrix(ECM), glycosamine, leucine, and sulfate, for the assay of the utilization of those precursors by PEC. The utilization of [3H]-glycosamine showed the tendency of increase with exposed time at higher concentrations although it increased at concentration of 5ng/ml in 24 hours. The utilization of [3H]-leucine increased in 24 hours exposure time at concentration of 5ng/ml and in longer time at higher concentrations. Whereas, the utilization of [35S]-sulfate increased in 24 hours exposure time to bFGF at each concentration. Thus, bFGF may augment PEC proliferation and ECM production by cultured PEC and this could explain the role of bFGF in the pathophysiology of crescentic glomerulonephritis. The further experiments might be needed to elucidate the role of bFGF in molecular level.
Animals ; Cell Count ; Cell Survival ; Cells, Cultured ; Epithelial Cells* ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2* ; Fibroblasts ; Glomerulonephritis ; Leucine ; Rabeprazole* ; Rats