This study aimed to derive insights into professional self-concept, teamwork, and job satisfaction among emergency department (ED) nurses and to prepare basic data for improving job satisfaction among ED nurses. Methods: The study was conducted between October 2023 and April 2024 at two certified tertiary hospitals and one general hospital in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, among 124 ED nurses. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26.0, and the analysis included descriptive statistics, the t-test, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression. Results: The factors affecting job satisfaction in ED nurses were professional self-concept (β = .66, p < .001), teamwork (β = .17, p = .003), and ED work satisfaction (β = .17, p = .003), and the overall explanatory power of the model was 67.7%. Conclusion: This study makes a significant contribution by demonstrating that professional self-concept and teamwork can increase job satisfaction in ED nurses. Therefore, as a strategy to increase job satisfaction through improving ED nurses’ professional self-concept and teamwork, effort should be made to apply team simulation programs that provide education and self-improvement opportunities for frequent diseases and situations encountered in the ED, and to communicate effectively about patient treatment strategies.

This study aimed to derive insights into professional self-concept, teamwork, and job satisfaction among emergency department (ED) nurses and to prepare basic data for improving job satisfaction among ED nurses. Methods: The study was conducted between October 2023 and April 2024 at two certified tertiary hospitals and one general hospital in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, among 124 ED nurses. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26.0, and the analysis included descriptive statistics, the t-test, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression. Results: The factors affecting job satisfaction in ED nurses were professional self-concept (β = .66, p < .001), teamwork (β = .17, p = .003), and ED work satisfaction (β = .17, p = .003), and the overall explanatory power of the model was 67.7%. Conclusion: This study makes a significant contribution by demonstrating that professional self-concept and teamwork can increase job satisfaction in ED nurses. Therefore, as a strategy to increase job satisfaction through improving ED nurses’ professional self-concept and teamwork, effort should be made to apply team simulation programs that provide education and self-improvement opportunities for frequent diseases and situations encountered in the ED, and to communicate effectively about patient treatment strategies.

This study aimed to derive insights into professional self-concept, teamwork, and job satisfaction among emergency department (ED) nurses and to prepare basic data for improving job satisfaction among ED nurses. Methods: The study was conducted between October 2023 and April 2024 at two certified tertiary hospitals and one general hospital in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, among 124 ED nurses. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26.0, and the analysis included descriptive statistics, the t-test, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression. Results: The factors affecting job satisfaction in ED nurses were professional self-concept (β = .66, p < .001), teamwork (β = .17, p = .003), and ED work satisfaction (β = .17, p = .003), and the overall explanatory power of the model was 67.7%. Conclusion: This study makes a significant contribution by demonstrating that professional self-concept and teamwork can increase job satisfaction in ED nurses. Therefore, as a strategy to increase job satisfaction through improving ED nurses’ professional self-concept and teamwork, effort should be made to apply team simulation programs that provide education and self-improvement opportunities for frequent diseases and situations encountered in the ED, and to communicate effectively about patient treatment strategies.

This study aimed to derive insights into professional self-concept, teamwork, and job satisfaction among emergency department (ED) nurses and to prepare basic data for improving job satisfaction among ED nurses. Methods: The study was conducted between October 2023 and April 2024 at two certified tertiary hospitals and one general hospital in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, among 124 ED nurses. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26.0, and the analysis included descriptive statistics, the t-test, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression. Results: The factors affecting job satisfaction in ED nurses were professional self-concept (β = .66, p < .001), teamwork (β = .17, p = .003), and ED work satisfaction (β = .17, p = .003), and the overall explanatory power of the model was 67.7%. Conclusion: This study makes a significant contribution by demonstrating that professional self-concept and teamwork can increase job satisfaction in ED nurses. Therefore, as a strategy to increase job satisfaction through improving ED nurses’ professional self-concept and teamwork, effort should be made to apply team simulation programs that provide education and self-improvement opportunities for frequent diseases and situations encountered in the ED, and to communicate effectively about patient treatment strategies.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of activities of daily living, depression, and social support on the meaning in life in older adults using services under the long-term care insurance system. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 121 older adults were recruited from seven senior daycare centers in two cities in Korea. Data collection was performed between September and October 2023. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results: The results of this study showed that social support (β=.45, p<.001) and depression (β=-.16, p=.048) were significantly affecting factors to the meaning in life in older adults using services under the long-term care insurance system. Conclusion: Efforts to enhance social support and reduce depressive symptoms are critical to improve the meaning in life of older adults utilizing services under the long-term care insurance system. Specifically, it is necessary to closely identify older adults’ depressive symptoms and further strengthen social support, including policy support and individualized support from healthcare professionals in the facilities to improve older adults’ meaning in life.

Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the factors that affect quality of life (QOL) in patients diagnosed with primary lung cancer. Methods: Data were collected from 129 patients with stages 1 to 3 primary lung cancer who had visited the outpatient oncology-hematology department of a university-affiliated hospital in Gyeonggi Province from January 2024 to March 2024. The data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics, an independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression analysis using the SPSS 25.0 program. Results: The mean score of QOL in the participants was 74.62±19.84. A hierarchical regression analysis revealed that symptom experience (β=-0.29, p<.001), depression (β=-0.46, p<.001), social support (β=0.18, p=.003), and marital status (β=0.11, p=.047) significantly affected QOL among patients with primary lung cancer. The regression model explained 64% of the variation in QOL. Conclusion The results demonstrated that patients would benefit from the development and implementation of nursing interventions that focus on reducing symptoms and depression, as well as improving social support, in order to improve their QOL.

Purpose: : This study aimed to identify factors influencing the quality of life of family caregivers of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Methods: : We conducted a study using a cross-sectional design. The study involved 109 family caregivers of ICU patients at a university-affiliated hospital in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires between July 2020 and April 2021 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis. Results: : The study revealed significant differences in quality of life based on economic status (F=11.63, p ＜ .001), cohabitation with patients (t=-2.04, p=.044), sleep duration after patient’s admission to the ICU (t=-2.48, p =.025), and subjective health status (F=30.06, p ＜.001). There were significant negative correlations observed between quality of life and post-traumatic stress symptoms (r=-.38, p ＜.001) as well as caregiver burden (r=-.46, p ＜.001). Factors affecting quality of life were subjective health status, economic status, and caregiver burden (adj. R2 =0.52, F=15.64, p ＜.001). Conclusion : These findings underscore the need to develop and implement intervention programs tailored to the health conditions and economic status of family caregivers, with a focus on alleviating caregiver burden. Such initiatives are essential to ultimately improve the quality of life for family caregivers of ICU patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influencing factors of post-traumatic growth in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, enrolling 120 patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Their general characteristics, disease-related characteristics, perceived illness intrusiveness, levels of optimism, social support, and post-traumatic growth were assessed through self-administered questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, oneway ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Results: The mean score of post-traumatic growth was 52.74 points(total score of 92 points). Among the subscales of post-traumatic growth, levels of the preciousness of life were the highest, and relating with others was the lowest. The post-traumatic growth was found to be significantly correlated with optimism (r=.48, p<.001), social support (r=.47, p<.001), and depression (r=-.37 p<.001). Factors associated with post-traumatic growth were optimism (β=.36, p<.001), social support (β=.31, p<.001), and depression (β=-.27, p<.001). Conclusion Given that prevalence of gastrointestinal cancer is increasing in Korea, identifying general, psychological, and social factors affecting post-traumatic growth among this population will be helpful in clinical practice. Integrated strategies to increase optimism and social support and lower depression should be considered to improve the post-traumatic growth of patients with gastrointestinal cancer.

Background: Despite the fact that disease activity, including blood inflammation level, has been lowered with the recent improvement in rheumatoid arthritis treatment, the number of patients appealing of symptoms, such as fatigue, is maintained at a certain level. Fatigue is the most common subjective symptom of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and a major factor influencing health behavior and quality of life. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the factors affecting fatigue to prepare basic data for the development of interventions to improve the quality of life of participants with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: Cross-sectional data collected using structured questionnaires and medical record reviews were analyzed for 246 rheumatoid arthritis outpatients from a university-affiliated hospital. Results: Level of fatigue was an average of 4.4 out of 10, and 56.5% was evaluated as a remission level based on the disease activity score 28 (DAS28). Factors significantly affecting fatigue were pain and learned helplessness. Higher levels of pain and learned helplessness were associated with higher levels of fatigue.Conversely, there was no statistically significant difference in the fatigue levels of the participants according to the DAS28, objective disease activity index. Conclusions To reduce the fatigue levels of the participants with rheumatoid arthritis, learned helplessness, including pain control, should be lowered. The participant’s attitude towards the disease should be evaluated and the participants should be actively supported to obtain hope for remission, if clinically encountered with participants.