| Hyeon Ok Ju | 2 Articles |
Purpose
The aim of this study is to identify and understand the meaning and essence of the working difficulties experienced by physician assistants. Methods This qualitative study used focus group interviews and conventional content analysis. Participants included physician assistants with over 1 year of experience working in general hospitals. Fifteen people formed four focus groups with three to four people in each group. Results Six categories of difficulties faced by physician assistants were derived from the results. These were: the "lack of an education system", "unclear professional duties", "shortage of substitute workforce", "conflict with the nursing department", "dual management structure", and "unstable roles and uncertain futures". Participants experienced difficulties in their jobs because the systematic educational system was inadequate, and due to there was uncertainty regarding the scope and extent of their work. As professional nursing staff, they experienced hindrances in their development and increased anxiety owing to their uncertain futures. Conclusion To overcome the difficulties faced by physician assistants in their work, it is necessary to legally recognize and clarify their roles as well as to establish a systematic education system. Citations Citations to this article as recorded by
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This study was done to identify the effect of nursing organizational culture on empowerment as perceived by new clinical nurses. METHODS For the objective a sample of 175 new nurses from secondary/tertiary hospitals having not less than 250 beds located in B city was selected to complete a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, One-way ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson correlation coefficients and simultaneous multiple regression with the SPSS 14.0 software program. RESULTS As for nursing organizational culture as perceived by the respondent, relation-oriented culture had the highest average score (3.60+/-.63) out of a possible 5 points followed by hierarch-oriented culture, innovation-oriented culture and task-oriented culture with 3.45+/-.30, 3.19+/-.53 and 3.05+/-.46, respectively. The respondents' level of perceived empowerment was 3.06+/-.41. The factors influencing empowerment according to nursing organizational culture were innovation-oriented and relation-oriented culture in that order. These 2 variables were statistically significant predictors and explained 48.6% of the variance in empowerment. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that emphasis should be given to nursing organizational culture strengthened by innovationoriented and relation-oriented culture, rather than task-oriented and hierarch-oriented culture, in order to foster harmonious empowerment among nurses at all levels. Citations Citations to this article as recorded by
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