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Development of Hospital Nurses' Job Description based on DACUM Method: Focusing on General Ward and Intensive Care Unit

Sun Mi Lee1, Yeon Hee Kim1, Yu Mi Shim1, Jin Sun Choi1, Mi Yu2
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2017;23(5):535-547.
Published online: December 31, 2017

1Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Yu, Mi. College of Nursing, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, 816-15 Jinju-daero, Jinju 52727, Korea. Tel: +82-55-772-8229, Fax: +82-55-772-8222, yumi825@gnu.ac.kr
• Received: November 13, 2017   • Revised: December 18, 2017   • Accepted: December 25, 2017

Copyright © 2017 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  • 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.
  • Key Words: Analysis; Hospital; Job description; Nurses; Work
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Figure 1

Degree of importance and frequency of hospital's nurses.

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Table 1

General Characteristics of the Participants (N=309)

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Table 2

Degree of the Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Duties (N=309)

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Scale score: 0 (never important, never, never difficult) ~ 3 (very important, usually, very difficult).

Table 3

Comparison of Adult Unit with Pediatric Unit Nurses on Importance and Frequency (N=309)

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AU=Adult unit (N=273); PU=Pediatric unit (N=36).

Table 4

Comparison General Ward with ICU Nurses' Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Direct Nursing Care (N=309)

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GW=General ward (N=250), ICU=Intensive care unit (N=59).

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    Figure 1 Degree of importance and frequency of hospital's nurses.

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    Development of Hospital Nurses' Job Description based on DACUM Method: Focusing on General Ward and Intensive Care Unit

    General Characteristics of the Participants (N=309)

    Degree of the Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Duties (N=309)

    Scale score: 0 (never important, never, never difficult) ~ 3 (very important, usually, very difficult).

    Comparison of Adult Unit with Pediatric Unit Nurses on Importance and Frequency (N=309)

    AU=Adult unit (N=273); PU=Pediatric unit (N=36).

    Comparison General Ward with ICU Nurses' Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Direct Nursing Care (N=309)

    GW=General ward (N=250), ICU=Intensive care unit (N=59).
    Table 1 General Characteristics of the Participants (N=309)

    Table 2 Degree of the Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Duties (N=309)

    Scale score: 0 (never important, never, never difficult) ~ 3 (very important, usually, very difficult).

    Table 3 Comparison of Adult Unit with Pediatric Unit Nurses on Importance and Frequency (N=309)

    AU=Adult unit (N=273); PU=Pediatric unit (N=36).

    Table 4 Comparison General Ward with ICU Nurses' Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Direct Nursing Care (N=309)

    GW=General ward (N=250), ICU=Intensive care unit (N=59).

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