PURPOSE
In this study a systematic review and meta-analysis was used to examine the variables related to self-leadership in Korean clinical nurses.
METHODS
A search and screening of the literature uncovered, 49 related studies done between 2003 and 2016 were then reviewed. A meta-analysis of 44 studies from doctoral dissertations, master's thesis and published articles was also carried out. The correlational effect size (ESr) for each related variable was calculated.
RESULTS
Sixty-nine related variables were identified from the systematic review. Twenty-three (5 personal, 13 professional and 5 organizational) variables were eligible for meta-analysis. The overall effect size was .47. The personal factors (ESr=.48) and the professional factors (ESr=.44) had larger effect size than the organizational factors (ESr=.28). Factors with the largest effect size among personal, professional and organizational factors were self-efficacy (ESr=.58), nursing service (ESr=.68) and supervisor's leadership (ESr=.36) respectively.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study show that for Korean clinical nurses individual factors including personal or professional factors have a stronger impact on self-leadership than organizational factors. It is necessary to develop interventions and training programs which focus on improving self-efficacy to promote self-leadership in clinical nurses.

Citations

• Factors Associated with Nurse Self-Leadership: A Cross-Sectional Study of Nurses Working at Public Health Centers and Primary Healthcare Posts
  Saeryun Kim, Younkyoung Kim
  Research in Community and Public Health Nursing.2024; 35: 195.     CrossRef
• Factors influencing the clinical competence of nursing students
  Kino Kang, Mihae Im
  Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing.2024; 17(1): 57.     CrossRef
• The Mediating Effect of Professional Values on the Relationship Between Self-Leadership and Compassion Competence of Community Mental Health Nurses
  Hye Young Kim, Won Hee Jun
  Western Journal of Nursing Research.2024; 46(7): 501.     CrossRef
• Factors related to the organizational silence of Korean nurses: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Kyungja Kang, Jeong-Hee Kim
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2023; 29(3): 302.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Nursing Professionalism on the Nursing Performance in Intensive Care Unit Nurses
  Sunyoung Jung, Hyojung Park
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2022; 29(4): 451.     CrossRef
• Effects of Self-leadership, Professional Self-concept, Emotional Labor on Professional Quality of Life in Hospital Nurses
  Yu-Yeong Kyun, Mi-Aie Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2020; 26(5): 447.     CrossRef
• Variables related to self-leadership of Korean nursing students: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Myung Hee Cho, In Ja Jung, Mi Kyung Park
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2020; 26(3): 213.     CrossRef
• Factors influencing career preparation behavior of nursing students: A systemic review and meta-analysis
  Seon Nyeo Kim, Mi Sun Bang, Hae Yoon Shin, Sue-Kyung Sohn
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2020; 26(3): 225.     CrossRef
• A Literature Review of Research on Leadership of Korean Hospital Nurse
  Sunmi Kim, Myoung Hee Seo, Seok Hee Jeong, Hee Sun Kim, Yoon Lee Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2019; 25(5): 404.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
To implement evidence-based nursing, it is important to know where and how to find the best available evidence. This study was conducted to identify the results of a search from Ovid MEDLINE and to compare the results from Ovid MEDLINE with those from PubMed MEDLINE.
METHODS
Four different approaches via Ovid MEDLINE were used to search for guidelines on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Outcomes of this study were the number of records and relevant literature, and the sensitivity and precision of the search methods via Ovid MEDLINE.
RESULTS
The number of retrieved items ranged 23 to 6,005 and that of relevant studies, 5 to 8 of 8. Simple searches resulted in the highest sensitivity of 100.0%. When using MeSH terms and limits feature, the precision was highest (21.7%) among four approaches for literature searches. Simple searches in Ovid had higher sensitivity and lower precision than those in PubMed.
CONCLUSION
Simple searches in Ovid may be inefficient for busy clinicians compared to PubMed. However, to ensure a comprehensive and systematic literature search, using Ovid MEDLINE in addition to PubMed is recommended.

Citations

• A Systematic Review of Home based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD Patients: Randomized Controlled Trials
  Min Hee Ahn, Ja Yun Choi, Yun Hee Kim
  The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.2016; 19(2): 82.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the effects of an action learning based creative problem-solving (CPS) course on problem solving, creativity and team-member exchange in nursing students.
METHODS
A quasi-experimental study applying a non-equivalent control group pre-post design was employed. Sophomore nursing students (32 in the experimental group and 33 in the control group) were recruited from a university in G-city, Korea. Problem solving, creativity and team-member exchange were measured for the pretest and posttest using self-report questionnaires. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, t-test, and ANCOVA with SPSS/Win 20.0 program were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS
The scores for problem solving, creativity and team-member exchange in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group.
CONCLUSION
Results of this study indicate that an action learning based CPS course is an effective teaching method to improve nursing students' competencies. In the future longitudinal studies are needed to assess the long term effects of the course.

Citations

• Nursing postgraduates learning experience of professional curriculum in China: A qualitative study
  Hongmei Jiang, Ting Zhang, Suofei Zhang, Huijuan Ma, Yu Luo
  Nursing Open.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Evaluating the effects of action learning on the research competency of undergraduate nursing students: A mixed-methods study
  Jinseon Yi, Hyori Kim, Ju Young Yoon, Eunjoo Kim
  Nurse Education Today.2024; 140: 106260.     CrossRef
• Action learning and healthcare 2011–2022
  George Boak
  Action Learning: Research and Practice.2022; 19(3): 251.     CrossRef
• Effects of Action Learning Based Health Assessment Class on Nursing Students' Self-confidence and Knowledge of Health Assessment, Critical Thinking Ability, and Class Satisfaction
  Myo-Gyeong Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2018; 25(4): 259.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Lessons using Action Learning on Nursing Students
  So-Myeong Kim, Sang-Youn Park
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2016; 22(1): 42.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
Effective literature searching is essential to support evidence-based nursing. The aim of this study was to present our recent systematic search experience to identify guidelines in PubMed for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
METHODS
Five approaches to the literature search via PubMed were employed. The searches were restricted to items published from 1980 to 2010, for patients admitted to hospital, and in the English language. The search results were compared using the number of records and relevant items, and the sensitivity and precision of each search strategy.
RESULTS
The individual approaches retrieved 19-141 of records and 3-6 of relevant items. Sensitivity ranged from 37.5% to 75.0% with the highest values for simple searches and a search combining MeSH terms and free textwords with a methodological search filter. Precision varied from 4.3% to 21.7% and the highest precision was found for MeSH terms with limits feature.
CONCLUSION
The simple search in PubMed is an appropriate way for nurses in a busy clinical practice to search the literature for evidence. However, several approaches using MeSH terms, free textwords, limits feature or methodological search filters are also required to have more efficient and better informed search results.

Citations

• Trends in Evidence-based Nursing Research in South Korea
  Seang Ryu, Sun Weon Yun, Yun Sook Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2017; 23(4): 385.     CrossRef
• Systematic Search for Guidelines to Prevent Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections-Part II: Using the Ovid MEDLINE
  Hyunyoung Park, Keum-Seong Jang, Ja-Yun Choi, Yun-Hee Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2015; 21(1): 64.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Action Research (AR) approach in nursing.
METHODS
Participants were 64 perioperative nurses recruited from C hospital in Gwangju, Korea. The nurses were engaged in the project through 2 cycles of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. A mixed-methods design was used to examine changes in participants and their knowledge management practice. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 program and qualitative reflection data underwent content analysis.
RESULTS
During the project, participants developed standardized pre-operative checklists and opened an Internet Cafe to better manage their perioperative nursing information. At the end of the project, there was a significant increase in nurses' knowledge management (p=.015) and the rate of surgical material prescription errors decreased from 8.0% to 2.9%. Core AR project team members' teamwork skills and organizational commitment increased significantly (p=.040, p=.301, respectively). The main themes that emerged from the qualitative data were learning how to solve problems in practice, facilitating team activities through motivation, barriers of large participation, and rewarded efforts and inflated expectations.
CONCLUSION
The AR project contributed to empowering participants to solve local problems. AR is a useful methodology to promote changes in practices and research participants.

Citations

• Exploring Nursing Research Culture in Clinical Practice: Qualitative Ethnographic Study
  Hyeyoung Hwang, Jennie C De Gagne, Leeho Yoo, Miji Lee, Hye Kyung Jo, Ju-eun Kim
  Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal.2024; 8: e50703.     CrossRef
• Nursing Students’ Experience of Action Learning in Clinical Practice of Nursing Management
  Yong Sook EO, Hae Ok KIM
  JOURNAL OF FISHRIES AND MARINE SCIENCES EDUCATION.2021; 33(5): 1114.     CrossRef
• Establishing a Clinical Ladder System for Nurses in a Small and Medium-sized Hospital
  Heeyoung Kim, Younghee Han, Okkyung Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2018; 24(5): 466.     CrossRef
• Action Research in Hospital Settings: A Literature Review of International Nursing Journals
  Jeong Eun Moon, Mi-Ok Song, Hee Young Kim, Hyun Young Park, Eun A Kim, Yun Min Kim, Keum Seong Jang
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2016; 22(1): 46.     CrossRef