PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify nurses' experience of falls by inpatients. METHODS: From December 30, 2015 to February 22, 2016 data were collected through in-depth individual interviews and analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Participants were 11 clinical nurses and 2 head nurses. RESULTS: Nurses' experience related to inpatients' falls were categorized as follows: ‘ emotional impact after falls’, ‘ responsibility for falls’, ‘ changes after experience of falls’, ‘ burden of reporting falls’, ‘ difficulty in preventing falls’, ‘ seeking new strategies for fall prevention’ CONCLUSION: The findings from this study suggest that there is a need to develop programs to help nurses overcome the emotional impact of falls. Also education should be provided to patients, caregivers and health providers in order to prevent falls and improve patient safety.
Accidental Falls* ; Caregivers ; Education ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Life Change Events ; Methods ; Nursing, Supervisory ; Patient Safety ; Qualitative Research

PURPOSE: This study aimed to examine the association among sexual double standard, dating violence recognition, and sexual assertiveness among Korean university students. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional survey study in January 2018, Korean university students (N = 322, years; 54.3% female) completed structured questionnaires with the double standard scale, dating violence recognition index, and sexual assertiveness index. The relationship among the variables was analyzed with Pearson's correlations and multiple regression analyses. RESULTS: There were significant correlations among sexual double standard, dating violence recognition, and sexual assertiveness. Sexual double standard (β = .12, p = .043) was determined to influence dating violence recognition. In addition, gender (β = .63, p < .001) and sexual double standard (β = .11, p = .015) were determined to influence dating violence recognition; the explanatory power was 43%. CONCLUSION: These findings will serve as a basis for the development of education programs that help university students to establish appropriate sexual values and enjoy a healthy sex life.
Assertiveness ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Education ; Humans ; Intimate Partner Violence ; Korea ; Reproductive Health ; Sexual Behavior ; Young Adult

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the factors that influence nursing performance for patients after attempted suicide among clinical nurses. Methods: The participants in this study were 200 clinical nurses working at hospitals in Korea. Data was collected from February 22, 2022 to March 18, 2022 through a structured online survey that included general characteristics, suicide literacy, attitudes towards suicide, social stigma toward suicidal people, and nursing performance for patients after attempted suicide. SPSS/WIN 25.0 program was used for data analysis, including a descriptive analysis, t-test, one way analysis of variance, the Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression. Results: A higher level of suicide literacy (r=.36, p<.001) and attitudes towards suicide (r=.23, p<.001) were associated with higher nursing performance for patients after attempted suicide. The factors affecting nursing performance for patients after attempted suicide were suicide literacy (β=.38, p<.001) and attitudes towards suicide (β=.26, p<.001). This model showed a 18.0% explanation of nursing performance for patients after attempted suicide. Conclusion It is necessary to develop an effective educational program and to establish an organizational system to improve the quality of nursing performance for patients after attempted suicide.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify symptom clusters over time and examine the severity of each symptom cluster in patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma receiving chemotherapy. Methods: Data were collected from 110 patients using the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale. The data were analyzed using factor analysis. Results: Lack of energy was the most prevalent symptom on the Day 7 of chemotherapy (T1). On the day of chemotherapy of the next cycle (T2), drowsiness was the most prevalent symptom. For the timeline of T1 and T2, seven and six symptom clusters were identified, respectively. The psychological and nutrition clusters were common to both T1 and T2. The symptom scores of energy and nutrition clusters were the highest at T1, while those of the nutrition and psychological clusters were the highest at T2. Although symptom scores at T2 tended to be lower than those at T1, the symptom scores of the severe groups were still high in the nutrition, skin changes, and psychological clusters. Conclusion Some symptom clusters can either change or appear stable over time. Furthermore, the severity of some clusters was found to be relatively high. Development of stable symptom cluster-based interventions is necessary to improve the quality of life.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the influence of role conflict, head nurses’ super leadership and nursing organizational culture on organizational commitment among male nurses. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 221 male nurses who had worked for more than six months in university hospitals, general hospitals, and clinics. Data were collected using structured, self-administered questionnaires on role conflict, head nurse super leadership, nursing organizational culture, and organizational commitment. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis, independent t-test, analysis of variance, Scheffé test, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and regression analysis. Results: Organizational commitment had a significant positive correlation with head nurse super leadership, innovation-oriented culture, and relation-oriented culture; however, it had a significant negative correlation with role conflict and task-oriented culture. Among the general characteristics, the significant factors influencing organizational commitment among male nurses were number of beds and departments. Furthermore, among the main variables, innovation-oriented culture, task-oriented culture, role conflict, and head nurse super leadership influenced organizational commitment. Conclusion To increase male nurses’ organizational commitment, it is necessary to create an innovative organizational culture, reduce role conflicts, and improve head nurse super leadership.

This study investigated the correlation between consumption of sugar intake by fifth grade students in primary schools and development of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A total of 107 students participated, and eight boys and one girl (8.4% of the total) categorized as high risk for ADHD according to diagnostic criteria. There were significant differences in the occupations and drinking habits of the respondents' fathers between the normal group and risk group. In a comparison of students' nutrition intake status with daily nutrition intake standards for Koreans, students consumed twice as much protein as the recommended level, whereas their calcium intake was only 60% of the recommended DRI (dietary reference intake). Regarding intake volume of vitamin C, the normal group posted 143.9% of the recommended DRI, whereas the risk group showed only 65.5% of the recommended DRI. In terms of simple sugar intake from snacks, students in the normal group consumed 58.4 g while the risk group consumed 50.2 g. These levels constituted 12.5% of their total daily volume of sugar intake from snacks, which is higher than the 10% standard recommended by the WHO. In conclusion, children who consumed less sugar from fruit snacks or whose vitamin C intake was less than RI was at increased risks for ADHD (P < 0.05). However, no significant association was observed between total volume of simple sugar intake from snacks and ADHD development.
Ascorbic Acid ; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ; Calcium ; Child ; Diet ; Drinking ; Fathers ; Fruit ; Humans ; Occupations ; Snacks ; Staphylococcal Protein A

A nationwide implementation has attempted to provide the right care to the right patient at the right time. For this, a regionalized system of emergency care, which aims to improve patient outcomes through the effective and efficient use of resources within a region, is important. The Korean Government has made considerable efforts to achieve the goal of regionalization of emergency medical care, current Regional Emergency Medical Plan requires careful consideration of its barriers. Therefore, this study evaluated the limitations of the existing Regional Emergency Medical Plan, and strategies for re-establishing Regional Emergency Medical Plan for the success of regionalized emergency medical system.

Purpose: Nurses’ burnout is at risk due to increased of respiratory infections and their high demand and expectations. This study aimed to identify the factors that influence burnout among nurses caring for patients with respiratory infections. Methods: A total of 196 nurses caring for patients with respiratory infections from nine hospitals in Korea participated in this study. Data were collected through a structured, self-administered survey that included general characteristics, risk perception of respiratory infections, infection control fatigue, positive psychological capital, and burnout. Results: Burnout was significantly positively correlated with infection control fatigue and significantly negatively correlated with positive psychological capital; burnout was not significantly related to risk perception of respiratory infections. Infection control fatigue, positive psychological capital and total career significantly influenced burnout. These variables accounted for 38% of the burnout among nurses caring for patients with respiratory infections. Conclusion Evidence-based guidelines are needed to support the ability of nurses with little experience in responding to infectious diseases and reducing infection control fatigue and providing effective educational programs at institutions that can improve the positive psychological capital of individual nurses.

Background: To estimate the prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to compare the clinical features of RA patients with and without SS. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of RA patients who visited a rheumatology clinic in a tertiary referral hospital in Korea between May 20 and July 22, 2016. All patients fulfilled the classification criteria for RA, and the diagnosis of SS was made clinically by rheumatologists and according to the 2002 American-European Consensus Group (AECG), 2012 American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and 2016 ACR/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria. The prevalence was estimated as the number of SS patients within the total number of RA patients. The disease activity and treatment pattern of RA were compared between patients with and without SS. Results: Among 827 RA patients, 72 patients (8.7%) were diagnosed with SS by a rheumatologist, though only 60 patients (7.3%) satisfied the 2002 AECG classification criteria for SS. Fifty-two patients (6.3%) and 56 patients (6.8%) fulfilled the 2012 ACR and 2016 ACR/EULAR classification criteria, respectively. The prevalence of SS in RA patients was 10.5%, 17.0%, and 67.6% in rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibody (≥ 1:80), and anti-Ro antibody positive patients, respectively. Conclusion The prevalence of SS among RA patients was 8.7% according to rheumatologists' diagnosis. The presence of SS did not affect the treatment patterns of RA patients. However, the autoantibody profiles and demographics of RA patients with SS differed from those of patients without SS.

Objective: The Public Health Disaster Response Team (PHDRT) has been organized by the Community Health Center since 2016 under the National Disaster Response Frame. They are mobilized when a Mass-Casualty-Incident is expected to occur. This study sheds light on the disaster medical system by analyzing the awareness of the PHDRT on the disaster medical management capacity. Methods: To develop the questionnaire, a literature review was conducted. The questionnaire was distributed and obtained after inspecting the survey questionnaire filled out by the PHDRT. There were 254 samples. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression. Results: Research has proven that the awareness of the disaster medical management capacity was 3.11 (rating 1-5). In detail, organizational capacity received the highest agreement score (3.54±0.84), while the budget and organization management was below the midpoint (2.73±0.83). Significant positive correlations were found between the capacity components, particularly the organizational capacity and cooperation system (r=0.71, P<0.01). The awareness was significantly different according to sex, age, job (type), total career, and task weight. The factors influencing the awareness of disaster medical management capacity included age, total career, and task weight. Conclusion The findings from awareness analysis suggest that national and systemic supports, as well as personal efforts, are necessary to strengthen the disaster medical management capacity.