Purpose: This study investigated the influence of nursing practice readiness and, resilience on the nursing performance of new nurses. Methods: Participants were 234 new nurses with 6-24 months of working experience at the wards in university and general hospitals in the B area and C areas. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/Win 24.0, and frequency percentage, mean, and standard deviation were calculated, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analyses were performed, and the variable selection method was set as stepwise. Results: Nursing performance significantly differed by weekly job-related education (Z=10.01, p=.007) and salary satisfaction (Z=13.04, p=.001). The nursing performance of new nurses was positively correlated with nursing practice (r=.70, p<.001) and resilience (r=.51, p<.001). The significant predictors of nursing performance were nursing practice readiness (β=.61, p<.001), resilience (β=.16, p=.003), and job training hours (β=.11, p=.02). The explanatory power of these factors was 52.0% of the variance. Conclusion To enhance the nursing performance of new nurses, it is necessary to improve nursing practice readiness, provide job training, and strengthen resilience. In addition, it is necessary to support programs at the institutional level for nursing performance.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to examine the effective factors of organizational commitment among hospital nurses. Method: The subjects were 250 registered nurses working in 3 hospitals in Busan. Data were obtained by self-reported questionnaires from the 10th of June to 30th of June, 2009. Data were analyzed by frequency and percentage, t-test, ANOVA and Sheffe's test and stepwise multiple regression. Result: Mean of job satisfaction was 60.56+/-9.25 (range of scale: 20-100), internal marketing was 69.49 (range of scale: 25-125), job stress obtained 100.60+/-17.93 (range of scale: 45-180), and organizational commitment got 47.78+/-6.84 (range of scale: 15-75). The extent of the organizational commitment had differences according to the age (F=3.300, p=.039), educational level (F=3.21, p=.042), religion (F=3.30, p=.021), position (F=5.837, p=.003), and career length (F=2.642, p=.035). The influencing factors in organizational commitment of hospital nurses were job satisfaction, internal marketing, and age. R2=.503. The job satisfaction has the highest significant predictor of organizational commitment. CONCLUSION: The influencing factors on organizational commitment were job satisfaction, internal marketing and age. Thus it is needed to improve the job satisfaction and internal marketing of hospitals' nurses and to provide care and support to younger nurses.
Job Satisfaction ; Marketing ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Purpose: The study aimed to identify the effects of nurses’ moral sensitivity and empathy on their caring ability. Methods Totally, 139 nurses from U city and B city completed a self-report questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 software. Results: The mean scores for moral sensitivity, empathy, and caring ability were 4.86, 3.59, and 4.06, respectively. There were significant differences in caring ability according to age, marital status, professional position, career status, and job satisfaction. Cognitive empathy (β=.36, p<.001), professional responsibility (β=.26, p=.001), and position (β=.20, p=.010) were identified as significant factors influencing caring ability. These variables accounted for 27% of the total variance in caring ability. Cognitive empathy emerged as the most important variable. Conclusion: Organizational-level educational and program-development studies are recommended to increase empathy and caring abilities in nurses . The findings specifically advocate for replicating the study using various tools that measure empathy, the most influential variable influencing caring ability.

Purpose: The study aimed to identify the effects of nurses’ moral sensitivity and empathy on their caring ability. Methods Totally, 139 nurses from U city and B city completed a self-report questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 software. Results: The mean scores for moral sensitivity, empathy, and caring ability were 4.86, 3.59, and 4.06, respectively. There were significant differences in caring ability according to age, marital status, professional position, career status, and job satisfaction. Cognitive empathy (β=.36, p<.001), professional responsibility (β=.26, p=.001), and position (β=.20, p=.010) were identified as significant factors influencing caring ability. These variables accounted for 27% of the total variance in caring ability. Cognitive empathy emerged as the most important variable. Conclusion: Organizational-level educational and program-development studies are recommended to increase empathy and caring abilities in nurses . The findings specifically advocate for replicating the study using various tools that measure empathy, the most influential variable influencing caring ability.

Purpose: The study aimed to identify the effects of nurses’ moral sensitivity and empathy on their caring ability. Methods Totally, 139 nurses from U city and B city completed a self-report questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 software. Results: The mean scores for moral sensitivity, empathy, and caring ability were 4.86, 3.59, and 4.06, respectively. There were significant differences in caring ability according to age, marital status, professional position, career status, and job satisfaction. Cognitive empathy (β=.36, p<.001), professional responsibility (β=.26, p=.001), and position (β=.20, p=.010) were identified as significant factors influencing caring ability. These variables accounted for 27% of the total variance in caring ability. Cognitive empathy emerged as the most important variable. Conclusion: Organizational-level educational and program-development studies are recommended to increase empathy and caring abilities in nurses . The findings specifically advocate for replicating the study using various tools that measure empathy, the most influential variable influencing caring ability.

Purpose: The study aimed to identify the effects of nurses’ moral sensitivity and empathy on their caring ability. Methods Totally, 139 nurses from U city and B city completed a self-report questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 software. Results: The mean scores for moral sensitivity, empathy, and caring ability were 4.86, 3.59, and 4.06, respectively. There were significant differences in caring ability according to age, marital status, professional position, career status, and job satisfaction. Cognitive empathy (β=.36, p<.001), professional responsibility (β=.26, p=.001), and position (β=.20, p=.010) were identified as significant factors influencing caring ability. These variables accounted for 27% of the total variance in caring ability. Cognitive empathy emerged as the most important variable. Conclusion: Organizational-level educational and program-development studies are recommended to increase empathy and caring abilities in nurses . The findings specifically advocate for replicating the study using various tools that measure empathy, the most influential variable influencing caring ability.

Purpose: The study aimed to identify the effects of nurses’ moral sensitivity and empathy on their caring ability. Methods Totally, 139 nurses from U city and B city completed a self-report questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 software. Results: The mean scores for moral sensitivity, empathy, and caring ability were 4.86, 3.59, and 4.06, respectively. There were significant differences in caring ability according to age, marital status, professional position, career status, and job satisfaction. Cognitive empathy (β=.36, p<.001), professional responsibility (β=.26, p=.001), and position (β=.20, p=.010) were identified as significant factors influencing caring ability. These variables accounted for 27% of the total variance in caring ability. Cognitive empathy emerged as the most important variable. Conclusion: Organizational-level educational and program-development studies are recommended to increase empathy and caring abilities in nurses . The findings specifically advocate for replicating the study using various tools that measure empathy, the most influential variable influencing caring ability.

Arnold-Chiari malformation type I (ACM I) is anatomically defined as the displacement of the cerebellar tonsils below the level of the foramen magnum. Syringomyelia is a condition in which a cavity called a syrinx develops in the spinal cord and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid. Here we report the anesthetic management of a case of ACM I with associated syringomyelia scheduled for suboccipital craniectomy, cervical laminectomy and duraplasty.
Arnold-Chiari Malformation ; Displacement (Psychology) ; Foramen Magnum ; Humans ; Laminectomy ; Palatine Tonsil ; Spinal Cord ; Syringomyelia

PURPOSE: This study was done to identify the effects of self.care behavior, self.efficacy and family support on the occurrence of peritonitis in patients on CAPD (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis). Methods: Data were collected from 81 patients on CAPD either as out.patients or in.patients between July and September 2004. Data were analyzed to identify relevant frequencies, percentages, averages, and standard deviations, and t.test and logistic regression were done using SPSS WIN 10.0 RESULTS: a) Mean score for self.care behavior was 2.9 (of a possible 4.0), for general self.efficacy, 3.2 (of a possible 5.0), for specific self.efficacy 3.5 (of a possible 5), and for family support, 3.7 (of a possible 5). Family support generally showed the most positive results. b) Occurrence of peritonitis was not affected by general characteristics. c) There was a significant difference in the occurrence of peritonitis in terms of self.efficacy. Patients with peritonitis had lower self.efficacy than those who did not. d) Of the four factors reviewed in relation to peritonitis, only self.efficacy was statistically significant: an increase in selfefficacy by 1 point increased the occurrence of peritonitis by 0.90. CONCLUSION: Among the four factors potentially affecting peritonitis in CAPD patients, general self.efficacy was found to be the main factor influencing the occurrence of peritonitis.
Humans ; Logistic Models ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory ; Peritonitis

The pattern of periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWC) was widely accepted as the most characteristic electroencepalographic(EEG) abnormality in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) although it may be lacking in prodromal and terminal stages. The EEG abnormalities are often asymmetric. We compared PSWC with 18F-FDG PET and brain MRI finding to know the signifcance of PSWC. All the patients had typical clinical courses and symptoms of CJD. Three patients were pathologically verified. Three patients were in full stage and two in terminal stage of CJD. We analysed PSWC in digital EEG and compared the regions of maximal PSWC amplitudes with 18F-FDG PET and brain-MRI finding in regard to lateralization and localization. Regarding lateralization, the maximal amplitudes of PSWC were observed over left frontal area in two patients and over right frontal region in three. Three patients in full stage had PET hypometabolism in the same hemisphere as PSWC were lateralized. Their brain MRI showed abnormal basal ganglia intensities but no sever brain atrophy. Two patients in terminal stage had PSWC lateralized in right frontal region but in PET one had left frontoparietal and the other bilateral global hypometabolism. Their brain-MRI showed severe cortical atrophy in the same hemisphere as PET hypometabolism was observed. Regarding all patients in full or terminal stage had maximal PSWC in frontal region, which were not consistent with PET and MRI findings. Cortical lesions in MRI were well corresponding with PET hypometabolism but not with PSWC. These results suggest that PSWC could reflect the hemisphere with more CJD activities in full stage, but could not localize the region where PET and MRI showed abnormalities, suggesting that the generation of PSWC could be related with the involvement of subcortical structures in CJD.
Atrophy ; Basal Ganglia ; Brain ; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome* ; Electroencephalography ; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging