Purpose
This correlation study was designed to understand clinical nurses' political interest, nursing professionalism, and intention to participate in politics, as well as the impact of political interest and nursing professionalism on intention to political participation.
Method
A total of 187 clinical nurses from a general hospital in Seoul were considered for this study. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 24.0, which included descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), multiple regression analysis, and Scheffé’s test.
Results
Political interest (β=.46, p<.001), nursing professionalism (β=.17, p=.007), manager or higher (β=.19, p=.018), and age under 24 years of age (β=.14, p=.038) were all statistically significant predictors of political participation. The explanatory power of these factors was 35.6% (R 2 =.39, Adj. R 2 =.36).
Conclusion
This study revealed the relationship between nursing professionalism and intention to participate in politics, which has not been previously investigated in clinical nurses. This study is significant as it suggests the necessity and direction of future nursing professionalism education programs.

PURPOSE
This study was done to review and summarize trends in research related to image of nursing in Korea and to explore directions for future research.
METHODS
Thirty-five studies published from 2003 to 2014 were reviewed, and the analysis was performed according to criteria adopted from Kim & Lee (2003).
RESULTS
There was a three-fold increase in the number of studies compared to a prior analysis study. Of these studies 50% were carried out with nursing students and 71.4% were survey type research. Elementary school students, patients, and guardians had positive images of nursing compare to middle school students and health related personnel. Experience of hospital admission or patient visit did not influence the nursing image of participants. Satisfaction with nursing as a career and clinical practicum were related to nursing image among nursing students and their satisfaction, and their nursing professional value and self-esteem had a positive correlation with nursing image.
CONCLUSION
The findings of this study suggest that recent trends of nursing research on nursing image indicate a need for further research to eliminate negative stereotypes and build a more professional image for nursing are recommended.

Citations

• Factors Affecting Satisfaction of Clinical Practice among Prospective Graduates in Nursing Colleges
  Young Eun Kwon, Seon Young Kim
  Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2018; 24(1): 80.     CrossRef
• Analysis of Research on Compassion Satisfaction among Nurses
  Soon-Neum Lee, Jung-A Kim
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2016; 17(9): 599.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to suggest policies for nurse workforce based on patient safety.
METHODS
The two steps in developing the items were items related to what would be desirable policies and items on how the policies should be developed for patient safety regarding nurse workforce. A literature review was done and suggestions from experts through two rounds using the Delphi technique were outlined. The fifteen experts who participated in this study were six representatives of service consumers and nine representatives of service providers (four medical doctors and fives nurses).
RESULTS
To guarantee patient safety, accreditation of nursing practice and nursing education were found to be necessary, and to prevent medical and nursing accidents in clinical practice, the professional judgement of the nurses was found to be pivotal to the provision of safe nursing services.
CONCLUSION
Polices on nursing for the nurse workforce based on patient safety in clinical settings should be established to ensure that nursing care is provided according to the nurses' clinical judgements based on their professional knowledge and assessment skills.

Citations

• Analysis of the Adequacy of Nurse Staffing Level through the Estimation of Nursing Activity Hours and Implementation of Focus Group Interviews in a Tertiary Hospital: Using a Mixed-Method Design
  Hyun-Joo Kim, Sun-Hee Lee, Jai-Jung Lee, Sun-Suk Seong, Hee Yang, Hyang-Yuol Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2024; 54(2): 237.     CrossRef
• An Exploratory Study on Current Nursing Issues in the COVID-19 era through Newspaper Articles: The Application of Text Network Analysis
  Young Joo Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2022; 28(3): 307.     CrossRef
• Recognition of Healthcare Accreditation, Job Stress, and Burnout Resilience of Nurses in Long-term Care Hospitals
  Sun Whoa Choi, Duck Hee Kim
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2017; 19(2): 125.     CrossRef
• The mediating effect of emotional intelligence between emotional labour, job stress, burnout and nurses' turnover intention
  Eunyoung Hong, Young Sook Lee
  International Journal of Nursing Practice.2016; 22(6): 625.     CrossRef
• Nurse Staffing and 30-day Readmission of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: A 10-year Retrospective Study of Patient Hospitalization
  Seung Ju Kim, Eun-Cheol Park, Kyu-Tae Han, Sun Jung Kim, Tae Hyun Kim
  Asian Nursing Research.2016; 10(4): 283.     CrossRef
• Positive effects of medical staffing on readmission within 30 days after discharge: a retrospective analysis of obstetrics and gynecology data
  Seung Ju Kim, Kyu-Tae Han, Hyo Jung Lee, Jeoung A Kwon, Eun-Cheol Park
  The European Journal of Public Health.2016; 26(6): 935.     CrossRef
• Perceptions of Adequacy and Job Performance of Nurse Assistant Nursing Jobs according to Registered Nurses and Nurse Assistants in Geriatric Hospitals, and Caregivers
  Myung Hee Cho, Kye Ha Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2016; 22(4): 384.     CrossRef
• Nurses' patient safety activities observed by nursing students
  Jee-Yoon Kim
  Quality Improvement in Health Care.2016; 22(1): 71.     CrossRef
• Validation Study of the Practice Environment Scale of Nursing Work Index for Psychiatric Hospital Nurses in Korea
  Hee Jung Kim
  Journal of muscle and joint health.2014; 21(3): 224.     CrossRef