Analysis of Importance, Difficulty, and Frequency of Nurses' Job in Outpatient Departments / 기본간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
; : 232-241, 2009.
Article
em Ko
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyze the importance, difficulty, and frequency of work (duties and tasks) done by nurses' in Outpatient Departments (OPD). METHOD: Data were collected using structured questionnaires, which included 11 duties and 92 tasks making up the OPD nurse's job. Questionnaires were completed by 286 nurses. Each duty and task was analyzed for importance, difficulty, and frequency (range 1-3). RESULTS: The mean score for importance was 2.58+/-0.29, for difficulty, 2.11+/-0.31, and for frequency, 2.18+/-0.31. OPD nurses recognized'patient education and consultation' as important and difficult. However, in practice OPD nurses reported the most frequent task as'support for medical services'. There was a significant difference in importance and difficulty of duties according to OPD nurses' university degree (F=3.693, p= .026; F=4.089, p= .018) and hospital size (F=4.274, p= .006; F=3.154, p= .025). However there were no differences in importance, difficulty, or frequency according to clinical experience in OPD. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that OPD nurses must be able to do important and difficult duties and tasks, especially patient education and consultation. To have time for these uniquely nursing tasks, OPD nurses need to delegate'preparation for medical service', and'management of facility and environment' to nonmedical health-care workers.
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Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Tamanho das Instituições de Saúde
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Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article