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Importance, Performance and Rates of Nurse Performance of Nursing Interventions in Long-term Care Hospitals

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2017;23(4):359-372.
Published online: September 30, 2017

1College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University, Korea.

2College of Nursing · Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Jeong, Seok Hee. College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 54896, Korea. Tel: +82-63-270-3117, Fax: +82-63-270-3127, awesomeprof@jbnu.ac.kr
• Received: April 18, 2017   • Revised: August 16, 2017   • Accepted: August 17, 2017

Copyright © 2017 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to identify the importance, performance and rates of nurses' performance of nursing interventions in long-term care hospitals.
  • Methods
    A cross-sectional descriptive study was used and data were collected in 2015. Participants were 174 clinical nurses working in 14 long-term care hospitals. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 18.0.
  • Results
    The nurses' perceived importance of nursing interventions was 4.48±0.51, and the degree of nursing intervention performance in long-term care hospitals was 3.97±1.07 out of 5. The rates of nursing interventions performed by nurses ranged from 33.9% to 99.4% with an average of 82.5%. There were statistically significant positive correlations among perceived importance, performance in hospitals, and rates for nurses' performance of nursing interventions (p<.001).
  • Conclusion
    The results indicate that interventions with a high degree of importance and performance could be the core nursing interventions in long-term care hospitals. These core nursing interventions should be included in education for nurses. These findings can be used in developing realistic guidelines and effective strategies for nurses and administrators to improve the quality of nursing and the status of nursing professionals in long-term care hospitals.

This article is a revision of the first author's master's thesis from Chonbuk National University.

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Table 1

General Characteristics of Participants (N=174)

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Table 2

Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates for 8 Duties and 47 Tasks of Nursing Intervention (N=174)

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Note. Excluding missing values.

Table 3

Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates of Nursing Interventions in Fundamentals Nursing (N=174)

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HRP=High risk patients.

Table 4

Correlations among Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates in Nursing Interventions (N=174)

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Importance=Importance perceived by nurses; Performance=Performance in hospitals; Nurses=Performance rates by nurses.

Table 5

Differences in Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates of Nursing Interventions according to General Characteristics (N=174)

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    Importance, Performance and Rates of Nurse Performance of Nursing Interventions in Long-term Care Hospitals

    General Characteristics of Participants (N=174)

    Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates for 8 Duties and 47 Tasks of Nursing Intervention (N=174)

    Note. Excluding missing values.

    Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates of Nursing Interventions in Fundamentals Nursing (N=174)

    HRP=High risk patients.

    Correlations among Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates in Nursing Interventions (N=174)

    Importance=Importance perceived by nurses; Performance=Performance in hospitals; Nurses=Performance rates by nurses.

    Differences in Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates of Nursing Interventions according to General Characteristics (N=174)

    Table 1 General Characteristics of Participants (N=174)

    Table 2 Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates for 8 Duties and 47 Tasks of Nursing Intervention (N=174)

    Note. Excluding missing values.

    Table 3 Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates of Nursing Interventions in Fundamentals Nursing (N=174)

    HRP=High risk patients.

    Table 4 Correlations among Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates in Nursing Interventions (N=174)

    Importance=Importance perceived by nurses; Performance=Performance in hospitals; Nurses=Performance rates by nurses.

    Table 5 Differences in Importance, Performance, and Nurses' Performance Rates of Nursing Interventions according to General Characteristics (N=174)

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