Purpose
This study aimed to compare the value congruence of nurse-patient assignment (NPA) with work performance in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods: Data were collected with 30-items on factors that affect NPA and 17-items on work performance. Two questionnaire surveys each were conducted with 79 nurses from the NICU. The difference between expectations and actual experience on NPA were analyzed, and the effects of NPA on work performance and overtimes were investigated. The collected data were analyzed with a paired t-test, analysis of variance, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients using the SPSS software version 20.0. Results: The NPA criteria were surveyed with 30 items, with 13 patient-related, and 17 nurse-related. The validity of the tool was S-CVI .95 and the reliability (Cronbach’s ⍺) was .942. There were significant differences based on age (F=3.69, p=.029) and caring for patients on an artificial ventilator (t=2.55, p=.013). The higher the patient-related actual assignment score, the higher the nurse-related actual assignment score (r=.68, p<.001) and work performance (r=.48, p<.001). As the nurse-related actual assignment score increased, work performance also increased significantly (r=.36, p=.001). Conclusion: It was confirmed that the value congruence of NPA is positively correlated with work performance.

Citations

• Clinical decision support system for clinical nurses’ decision-making on nurse-to-patient assignment: a scoping review protocol
  Hyunjeong Kwon, Dayeon Lee
  BMJ Open.2024; 14(1): e080208.     CrossRef
• A comparative analysis of nurses' reported number of patients and perceived appropriate number of patients in integrated nursing care services
  Hyunjeong Kwon, Jinhyun Kim
  Nursing & Health Sciences.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of person-organization value congruence between the authentic leadership of head nurses and the organizational citizenship behavior perceived by hospital nurses.
METHODS
The participants were 211 nurses working in 3 general hospitals located in C-city, in South Korea. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlations and structural equation model (SEM) with the PASW 24 and AMOS 24 program.
RESULTS
Authentic leadership of head nurses had a statistically significant positive correlation with person-organization value congruence (r=.34, p < .001). Also, authentic leadership of head nurses (r=.50, p < .001), and person-organization value congruence (r=.62, p < .001) showed a statistically significant positive correlation with organizational citizenship behavior. There was a partial mediating effect of person-organization value congruence between authentic leadership of head nurse and organizational citizenship behavior perceived by hospital nurses (χ2=205.78, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that nurse managers need to improve the person-organization value congruence and authentic leadership of head nurses to reinforce organizational citizenship behavior of nurses in human resource management.

Citations

• Associations Between Workplace Violence, Mental Health, and Physical Health among Korean Workers: The Fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey
  Hae Ran Kim
  Workplace Health & Safety.2022; 70(3): 161.     CrossRef
• Effect of Authentic Leadership to Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Nurses Mediated by Team Trust
  Eungju Kim, Eungyung Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2022; 28(4): 451.     CrossRef
• How does Perceived Organizational Support Affect Psychological Capital? The Mediating Role of Authentic Leadership
  Mahmut Bilgetürk, Elif Baykal
  Organizacija.2021; 54(1): 82.     CrossRef
• Influence of Internal Marketing Perception on Customer Orientation and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Nurses
  Eun Sim Kim, Se Young Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2021; 27(1): 64.     CrossRef
• Effect of Head Nurses' Authentic Leadership on Nurses' Job Satisfaction and Nursing Performance: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Empowerment
  Mi-Jeong Kim, Ji-Young Han
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2019; 25(1): 25.     CrossRef
• Moderating Effects of Career Commitment in the Relationship between Work Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of the Clinical Nurses
  Eun Jeong Song, Mi Jeong Kim, Myung Suk Koh
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2019; 25(3): 167.     CrossRef
• Relationship between Self-Efficacy of Clinical Practical and Education, Organizational Commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Satisfaction with Clinical Practice of Nursing Students
  Jung Suk Lee, Young Ok Lee, Han Ju Bea
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(4): 359.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to elucidate clinical nurses' ethics germane to information literacy and perception of patient data privacy and thus help nurses to develop more positive and consolidated ethical values.
METHODS
For this study a descriptive survey design was used. Participants were 142 nurses who worked in a hospital and completed self-report questionnaires. Data were collected from August 1 to 5, 2016 and were analyzed using independent t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS 22.0.
RESULTS
Ethical value had a positive correlation with information needs (r=.25, p=.002) in information literacy as well as in direct patient care (r=.27, p=.001), shift work (r=.20, p=.016), patient information management (r=.39, p<.001), and communication (r=.24, p=.004) in perception of patient data privacy. Patient information management, educational background, and age were significant variables predicting the level of ethical values and accounted for 21% of the variance.
CONCLUSION
Ethical values education with particular emphasize on managing patient information should be encouraged for nurses who are younger and have a lower education level. Findings indicate a need for education programs to guide clinical nurses to utilize appropriate information when solving ethical challenges in every day nursing practice.

Citations

• Research on Nursing Information Literacy Education Strategies Based on MOOC
  晓静 于
  Creative Education Studies.2023; 11(06): 1318.     CrossRef
• Awareness of, attitudes towards, and practices of health information management professionals in South Korea relating to privacy of personal health information
  Yeaeun Kim
  Health Information Management Journal.2023; 52(1): 50.     CrossRef
• Factors Affecting Nursing Students' Practice of Medical Information Protection
  Ju Young Park, Chung Hee Woo
  CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.2021; 39(12): 874.     CrossRef
• Impact of Nursing Professionalism on Perception of Patient Privacy Protection in Nursing Students: Mediating Effect of Nursing Informatics Competency
  Hyun-Kyeong Park, Yeo-Won Jeong
  Healthcare.2021; 9(10): 1364.     CrossRef
• Nursing Students’ Acceptance Intention of a Smart Device, Information Literacy, and Problem-Solving Confidence
  Eun-Jin Choi, Jeong-Hye Park, Se-Won Kang
  Healthcare.2021; 9(9): 1157.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was performed to investigate the effects of a blended learning program on ethical values in undergraduate nursing students.
METHODS
This study was a one group pretest-posttest design. Seventy-one undergraduate nursing students who were taking a nursing ethics course at K University in S city were conveniently selected. The blended learning program was undertaken for 120 minutes one day weekly for 15 weeks. It consisted of case-based learning through an online method combined with problem-based learning offline. Scores for ethical value were measured using the ethical values scale.
RESULTS
The ethical values score increased significantly in the students after the blended learning (p=.004). Of the subgroup of ethical values human-life, relationship with collaborator, and nursing job scores increased significantly in students after the blended learning, respectively (p=.034; p<.001; p<.001), the score for area as relationship with nursing clients decreased significantly in the students after the blended learning (p<.001).
CONCLUSION
The blended learning program was identified as an educational program which induces a positive effect on the development of ethical values in undergraduate nursing students, and in future it can be utilized in nursing ethics education.

Citations

• Factors Influencing End-of-life Care Competency in Nursing Students
  Jinryung Park, Minjeong Seo
  Korean Journal of Medical Ethics.2024; 27(4): 267.     CrossRef
• The effect of durability of knowledge transfer through reminiscence on the moral sensitivity of nurses
  Farideh Bahrieni, Parviz Azodi, Abdollah Hajivandi, Zahra seddighi, Faezeh Jahanpour
  BMC Nursing.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Comparing student achievement in traditional learning with a combination of blended and flipped learning
  Suhaila Halasa, Nimer Abusalim, Mohammad Rayyan, Rose E. Constantino, Omayah Nassar, Huda Amre, Moayad Sharab, Insirah Qadri
  Nursing Open.2020; 7(4): 1129.     CrossRef
• Effects of a Introduction of nursing and Bioethics subject on Nurse Image and Nursing Professionalism of Freshmen Nursing Students
  Kwuy-Im Jung, Kyung-Soo Lee, Ha-Yun Jung
  Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science.2016; 4(4): 689.     CrossRef
• Effects of Blended Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Defibrillation E-learning on Nursing Students’ Self-efficacy, Problem Solving, and Psychomotor Skills
  Ju Young Park, Chung Hee Woo, Jae Yong Yoo
  CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.2016; 34(6): 272.     CrossRef
• Influence of Humanities and Empathy on Ethical Values of Nursing Students
  Moon-Jeong KIM
  Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education.2016; 28(6): 1865.     CrossRef
• Influence of Moral Sensitivity and Ethical Values on Biomedical Ethics Awareness of Nursing Students
  Myoung Sook Kim
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2015; 21(3): 382.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aims of study were; (1) to evaluate the validity and sensitivity of a fall-risk assessment tool, and (2) to establish continuous quality improvement (CQI) methods to monitor the effective use of the risk assessment tool.
METHODS
A retrospective case-control cohort design was used. Analysis was conducted for 90 admissions as cases and 3,716 as controls during the 2006 and 2007 calendar years was conducted. Fallers were identified from the hospital's Accident Reporting System, and non-fallers were selected by randomized selection. Accuracy estimates, sensitivity analysis and logistic regression were used.
RESULTS
At the lower cutoff score of one, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 82.2%, 19.3%, 0.03%, and 96.9%, respectively. The area under the ROC was 0.60 implying poor prediction. Logistic regression analysis showed that five out of nine constitutional items; age, history of falls, gait problems, and confusion were significantly associated with falls. Based on these results, we suggested a tailored falls CQI process with specific indexes.
CONCLUSION
The fall-risk assessment tool was found to need considerable reviews for its validity and usage problems in practice. It is also necessary to develop protocols for use and identify strategies that reflect changes in patient conditions during hospital stay.

Citations

• Influence of the Patient Safety Culture and Nursing Work Environment on Fall Prevention Activities of Hospital Nurses
  Se-Young Jung, Eun-Young Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2022; 28(2): 78.     CrossRef
• Trends of Nursing Research on Accidental Falls: A Topic Modeling Analysis
  Yeji Seo, Kyunghee Kim, Ji-Su Kim
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2021; 18(8): 3963.     CrossRef
• A risk-factor analysis of medical litigation judgments related to fall injuries in Korea
  Insook Kim, Seonae Won, Mijin Lee, Won Lee
  Medicine, Science and the Law.2018; 58(1): 16.     CrossRef
• Automatic population of eMeasurements from EHR systems for inpatient falls
  Insook Cho, Eun-Hee Boo, Soo-Youn Lee, Patricia C Dykes
  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.2018; 25(6): 730.     CrossRef
• Comparison of Content Coverage of Domestic and International Inpatient Falls Prevention Guidelines Using Standard Nursing Terminologies
  Insook Cho, Jihye Kim, Jisun Chae, Miran Jung, Yeon Hee Kim
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2018; 30(6): 622.     CrossRef
• Characteristics and Risk Factors for Falls in Tertiary Hospital Inpatients
  Eun-Ju Choi, Young-Shin Lee, Eun-Jung Yang, Ji-Hui Kim, Yeon-Hee Kim, Hyeoun-Ae Park
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2017; 47(3): 420.     CrossRef
• The Affect Factors of Geriatric Hospital Nurse’s Falls Prevention Activities
  Ji-Young Jung, Gye Hyun Jung
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2016; 41(2): 203.     CrossRef
• Validation of Fall Risk Assessment Scales among Hospitalized Patients in South Korea using Retrospective Data Analysis
  Young Ok Kang, Rhayun Song
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2015; 27(1): 29.     CrossRef
• Fall Risk Factors and Fall Risk Assessment of Inpatients
  Yoon Sook Kim, Smi Choi-Kwon
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2013; 25(1): 74.     CrossRef
• Predictive Effects of Previous Fall History on Accuracy of Fall Risk Assessment Tool in Acute Care Settings
  Ihn Sook Park
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2012; 19(4): 444.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
Purposes of this study were to identify non-value-added nursing activities (NVANAs) and to estimate the amount of time spent on NVANAs among total nursing activities.
METHODS
Non-value-added nursing activities were identified though the use of a focus group. The nurses in the focus group were nurses working in a tertiary hospital. They discussed possible activities that could be NVANAs. Based on the focus group discussion, a pilot study was done to examine the actual occurrence of NVANAs in clinical settings.
RESULTS
The focus group discussion showed that NVANAs occurred in ten categories of nursing performances including communication with physicians, communication with other departments, medications, equipment/supplies, nursing records, tests, admission, discharge, and transfer. Direct nursing activities accounted for 35.5% of total nursing activities while indirect nursing activities accounted for 64.5%. Of indirect nursing activities, 16% were NVANAs. Most NVANAs were related to communication and equipment/supplies.
CONCLUSIONS
To improve the quality and efficiency of nursing activities, it is necessary to identify NVANAs and their causes. Results of this study suggest that improvement in the work process and nursing unit structure, support for equipment/supplies, and effective communication are needed to reduce NVANAs in tertiary hospitals in Korea.

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
• Assessing the Suitability of Interruption Intervention Strategies in Nursing Medication Administration: A Delphi Study
  Seung Ju Baek, Seung Gyeong Jang, Sang Hee Hong, Soo Ok Han, Won Lee
  Quality Improvement in Health Care.2024; 30(1): 88.     CrossRef
• Development of a Secondary Order Program for Pretransfusion Tests to Improve the Work Efficiency of Blood Bank
  Jung-ah Kim, Jeong Won Shin, Do Lee Lee, Woo Yong Shin, Jieun Kim, Hae In Bang
  The Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion.2021; 32(1): 22.     CrossRef
• Integrated and Person-Centered Nursing in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution
  Hyoung Suk Kim, Sun Joo Jang, Jeung-Im Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2021; 51(3): 261.     CrossRef
• Nurses’ needs for care robots in integrated nursing care services
  Jai‐Yon Lee, Young Ae Song, Ji Young Jung, Hyun Jeong Kim, Bo Ram Kim, Hyun‐Kyung Do, Jae‐Young Lim
  Journal of Advanced Nursing.2018; 74(9): 2094.     CrossRef
• Nursing, Robotics, Technological Revolution: Robotics to Support Nursing Work
  Young Ae Song, Hyun Jeong Kim, Hyun Kyong Lee
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2018; 20(Suppl 1): 144.     CrossRef
• Case study on improvements in non-value-added nursing activities to increase the efficiency of nursing care
  Yang-Hee Park, In-Gak Kwon, Kyei-Sook Park, Hae-Jung Jang, Mi-Ra Song, Hee-Jin Kim
  Quality Improvement in Health Care.2013; 19(2): 68.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationships among quality of health care service, service value, satisfaction and loyalty as perceived by hospital inpatients.
METHODS
A survey using a structured questionnaire was conducted with 654 hospital inpatients. Analysis of the data was done with both SPSS Win 17.0 for descriptive statistics and AMOS 18.0 for the structural equation model.
RESULTS
The modified model yielded Chi-square=7.96 (p=.019), df=2, chi2/df=3.98, GFI=.99, AGFI=.96, RMSEA=.07, NFI=.99, CFI=.99, TLI=.98 and showed good fit indices. Three dimensions of quality had significant direct effects on service value. Functional quality, technical quality and service value had significant direct effects on customer satisfaction. Technical quality, service value, and customer satisfaction had significant direct effects on customer loyalty.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that quality of health care is an important element in service value, and through both quality and service value, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty can be enhanced. Further study with a larger sample from various hospitals and a longitudinal design is necessary.

Citations

• The Effect of Outpatients’ Perceived Service Quality on Satisfaction with Treatment and Willingness to Recommend Hospital
  Myong Sun Cho
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(4): 349.     CrossRef
• Factors influencing satisfaction with emergency department medical service: Patients’ and their companions’ perspectives
  Heesook Son, Young‐Hee Yom
  Japan Journal of Nursing Science.2017; 14(1): 27.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Chinese Customers' Loyalty to Korean Medical and Tourism Services
  Young-Hee Yom, Myoung Ae Kim, Jung Hee Han
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2015; 21(3): 317.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Service Qualities with University Hospitals in Daejeon on their Overall Service Satisfaction
  Jeong-Kyo Suh, Seo-Kyeong Jang
  The Korean Journal of Health Service Management.2013; 7(4): 93.     CrossRef
• Causal Relationships Among Perceived Risk, Satisfaction, Switching Cost and Loyalty in Outpatient Health Services
  Young-Hee Yom, Kyu Eun Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2011; 17(4): 516.     CrossRef
• The Effect of Hospital SCM on Logistics Performance
  Moon Suk Cho, Young-Hee Yom
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2011; 17(3): 284.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to compare the cost using different methods of costing nursing activities for patients with chronic otitis media having surgery.
METHOD
Data were collected from 30 patients who had mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty. To compare the cost, the researchers used three different costing methods; consumed time, resource based relative value scale (RBRVS), and critical pathway (CP).
RESULTS
Twenty-six nursing activities for surgical patients with chronic otitis media were found. Total cost was 83,843.7 won using RBRVS. The costliest activity was recording at 9,734.4 won, followed by confirmation of doctors' orders at 9,302.4 won, and injection with infusion pump at 9,072.0 won. There was a difference in nursing activities performed according to the length of hospital stay, and the cost was highest on the surgery day at 13,417.8 won. Comparatively, the total cost was 72,014.4 won using CP.
CONCLUSIONS
Nursing activities are performed in various forms according to the disease and patient's condition, and different nursing activities are executed according to the length of hospital stay. In order to measure the load of nursing activities and distribute it appropriately, it is necessary to analyze the cost of nursing activities by the process of nursing services performed.

Citations

• A Methodological Quality Evaluation of Nursing Cost Analysis Research based on Activity-based Costing in Korea
  Ji-Young Lim, Wonjung Noh, Jin-A Mo
  The Journal of the Korea Contents Association.2016; 16(7): 279.     CrossRef