Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the work activities of nurse-led rapid response teams (RRT). Methods: For this study a methodological approach was used to identify work activities for nurse-led RRT. The study was conducted in two stages. The first step was to analyze the work activities of domestic nurse-led RRTs using the interview method, and then develop a questionnaire based on the results of the interviews. As a second step, field surveys were conducted by nurse-led RRT nurses to investigate importance and performance based on the developed questionnaire. Results: Fifty-eight work activities were identified for nurse-led RRTs in the following nine core areas: advanced nursing practice, education, counseling, consultation, collaboration, ethical decision-making, research, evidence-based practice, and leadership. Conclusion: The identified work activities for nurse-led RRTs will be used as basic data in nurse-led RRTs job description, developing job standards and can also serve as basic data for developing a nurse-led RRT educational curriculum. The results of this study suggest that follow-up research is needed to develop job standards based on the identified nurse-led RRT's work activities.

Citations

• Exploring the Facilitators and Barriers of Rapid Response Teams in Korea: A Qualitative Study from the Nursing Perspective
  Sun-Hee Moon, Hyeonjin Jeong, Daun Jeong
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2025; 37(1): 1.     CrossRef
• The effect of nurses' perceptions and satisfaction with hospital rapid response teams on burnout related to emergency situations in Korea: a cross-sectional study
  Bumin Kim, Nahyun Kim
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2025; 27(2): 234.     CrossRef
• Application of the Think-Aloud Method in Simulation-based Cardiovascular Emergency Management Training
  Sung Hae Kim
  Journal of Korea Society for Simulation in Nursing.2024; 12(1): 45.     CrossRef
• Impact of an independent pediatric rapid response team on pediatric patient safety
  Jin Hwan Lyu, Soo Keun Lee, Min Joo Kang, Sumin Lee, Mireu Park, Soo Yeon Kim, Kyung Won Kim, Jong Deok Kim
  Archives of Pediatric Critical Care.2024; 2(2): 91.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to clarify nurses' duties, tasks and task elements and to develop a job description for clinical nurses on general and intensive care units in tertiary-level hospitals, and dramatically reflect changing medical trends in Korea.
METHODS
The job description was developed based on the Developing a Curriculum Method (DACUM). The questionnaire included frequency, importance, and difficulty of duties, tasks and task elements, measured on a 4-point scale. Results were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Data were collected from September 4 to 7, 2017, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and a scattered graph.
RESULTS
The job description consisted of 10 duties, 38 tasks, and 51 elements. Of the 10 duties, the highest duty in order of importance was ‘Direct nursing care’ followed by ‘Infection control’. The highest duties according to frequency and difficulty were ‘Document and notify’ and ‘Research and quality improvement’. ‘Safety management’ and ‘Infection control’ were considered as relatively simple duties, however, these two duties were still included as important jobs for clinical nurses.
CONCLUSION
The job descriptions for clinical nurses developed from this study contain nursing ethics and safety as well as infection control, to faithfully reflect clinical nurses' jobs.

Citations

• Analysis of Nursing Task in Integrated Nursing Care Wards by Hospital Type
  Yeojin Yi, Haena Lim, Ji-Mee Kim, Jung-Hee Song
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2022; 28(2): 131.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between job characteristics, organizational culture, job satisfaction and turnover intention, including the direct and indirect effects of the variables on turnover intention.
METHODS
A questionnaire was completed by a convenience sample of 144 nurses working for two public institutions. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, Hierarchical multiple regression and Path analysis with SPSS/WIN 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs.
RESULTS
The mean score for job satisfaction and turnover intention was similar to that of other hospital nurses. The factors affecting job satisfaction were: position, number of job changes, relationship-oriented culture, and hierarchical-oriented culture(Adj. R2=.48, F=14.43, p<.001). The factors affecting turnover intention were: age, position, overtime, and job satisfaction(Adj. R2=.61, F=19.48, p<.001). Job autonomy and relationship-oriented culture had a significant indirect effect on turnover intention.
CONCLUSION
In developing intervention strategies to improve job satisfaction and reduce turnover intention there is a need to consider both the job characteristics and organizational culture of nurses in public institutions.

Citations

• Factors Influencing Clinical Nurses’ Perception of Structural and Content Career Plateau
  Ji Hye Kim, Ji Yun Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2024; 54(4): 534.     CrossRef
• Factors Affecting Political Competency of Advanced Practice Nurses
  Wooyeong Park, Taewha Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2023; 29(3): 246.     CrossRef
• Impact of Nursing Organizational Culture and Nursing Practice Environment on Generational Conflict in Organization among Hospital Nurses
  Jieun Kwon, Eun-Young Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2023; 29(1): 45.     CrossRef
• Effects of Job Crafting and Job Engagement on Career Management Behavior among Public Institution Nurses: Mediating Effect of Job Engagement
  Seohyun Kwon, Taewha Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2022; 28(3): 261.     CrossRef
• Effects of nursing organizational culture and job stress on Korean infection control nurses’ turnover intention
  Jeong Sil Choi, Kyung Mi Kim
  American Journal of Infection Control.2020; 48(11): 1404.     CrossRef
• Trends in Turnover Research on Korean Nurses: Based on 8 Journals Published by Member Societies under the Korean Academy of Nursing Science, 2006-2015
  Hyo Geun Geun
  The Open Nursing Journal.2019; 13(1): 92.     CrossRef
• Impact of Nursing Organizational Culture Types on Innovative Behavior and Job Embeddedness Perceived by Nurses
  Mi Yeong Mun, Seon Young Hwang
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2016; 22(4): 313.     CrossRef
• A Structural Model of Hospital Nurses' Turnover Intention: Focusing on Organizational Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, and Job Embeddedness
  Mi Ja Yoo, Jong Kyung Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2016; 22(3): 292.     CrossRef
• Convergence Study of The Effects of Nurses' Perceived Nursing Organization Culture and on Their Customer Orientation
  Min-Jeong Lee, Jin-Sook Han, Young-Mi Jang
  Journal of Digital Convergence.2015; 13(11): 303.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify nurse's role through job analysis of nursing duties for nurses working on East Asia traditional medicine wards.
METHODS
Major steps in the study included a literature review, description of job activities of nurses on oriental medicine wards, comparative description of the literature, expert tests of validity of derived duties and tasks, and investigation of importance, difficulty and frequency of duties on job list.
RESULTS
The job of nurses on oriental medicine wards was classified into 12 duties, 59 tasks, and 295 task elements. The 12 duties were nursing assessment, nursing diagnosis, nursing planning, nursing implementation, nursing evaluation, supplies management, management of human resources, management of environment, management of documents, formation of cooperative relationships, self-development, and nursing activity in oriental medicine. 'Formation of cooperative relationships' was the duty ranked highest for importance (4.34), 'self-development' was ranked highest for difficulty (3.47), and 'Formation of cooperative relationships' was ranked highest for frequency (4.21).
CONCLUSION
Basic education for nurses on an oriental medicine unit is necessary for the performance of oriental nursing to be considered as a specialized field. This study contributes to human resource management in the oriental medical hospital.

Citations

• A Concept Analysis of Yangsaeng (Nurturing Life) Using Rogers’ Evolutionary Method
  Youngmi Kang, Minkyung Gu
  Holistic Nursing Practice.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• A Job analysis of Hospital Midwives: A DACUM Analysis
  Yunmi Kim, Sunok Lee, Jummi Park, Sunhee Lee, Miyoung An, Buyoun Kim
  Journal of The Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health.2023; 27(2): 119.     CrossRef
• A Concept Analysis of Traditional Korean (Hanbang) Nursing
  Youngmi Kang, Won Ju Hwang, JiSun Choi
  International Journal of Nursing Knowledge.2019; 30(1): 4.     CrossRef
• Adjusting Process of Nurses to an Oriental Medical Unit
  Mee-Hun Lee, Hyoung-Sook Park, Jae-Hyun Ha
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2017; 29(6): 615.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to identify job tasks and task elements of Korean nurse anesthetists according to type of medical institution.
METHODS
A job task scale which consisted of 9 job tasks and 40 task elements was developed. Data were collected from December, 2009 to February, 2010 from 182 nurse anesthetists who were working in medical institutions (response rate: 75.8%).
RESULTS
Forty-eight percent of nurse anesthetists were independent from anesthesiologists in anesthetic practice. Preanesthetic nursing assessment was much more frequent in small hospitals than in general hospitals (p<.05), and anesthetic nursing intervention, administering the anesthetics, monitoring the patient's status during anesthesia, and provision of safety and compliance with anesthetic ethics were much more frequent in general hospitals than medical centers (p<.001). There were no differences among the medical institutions for job tasks in post-anesthetic nursing interventions (p=.229), administering anesthetics (p=.354) and monitoring patients' status during anesthesia (p=.099), providing safe anesthetic environment (p=.896), and management of ancillary personnel/equipment (p=.617).
CONCLUSION
Results indicate that nurse anesthetists contribute significantly to anesthetic practice in small hospitals and general hospitals. Therefore, it recommended that nursing leaders make efforts to enact legal nurse anesthetist-related policies for safe and high quality anesthetic nursing care.

Citations

• Comparison of the Level and Side Effects of Spinal Anesthesia with Hyperbaric Bupivacaine in the Supine, Lateral, and Prone Positions
  Ji Young Moon, Bo Hwan Kim
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2015; 17(2): 114.     CrossRef