PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore and identify the role adaptation processes of family caregivers with patients transferred from intensive care unit to general ward.
METHODS
Using a grounded theory methodology, in-depth individual interviews were conducted. Data were collected from 11 participants. The participants were asked about their experiences of role adaptation considering situational contexts and interactional strategies. Transcribed data and field notes were analyzed using constant comparative analysis.
RESULTS
The core category was 'becoming almost a nurse with hope and fear.' The identified phenomena by the participants were the joy of being alive, having hope for a full recovery, anxiety and fear of uncertain future, feeling burdensome on a given role. The results included both role adaptation and mal-adaptation of caregivers.
CONCLUSION
The role adaptation processes of family caregiver with patients transferred from intensive care unit to general ward can be explained as becoming almost a nurse with hope and fear. The findings of the study provided fundamental information for developing programs to support the given family caregivers for successful role adaptation.

Citations

• Validity and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire–Carer
  JuHee Lee, Young H. Sohn, Seok Jong Chung, Sung Hae Kim, Yujin Suh, Jungah Park, Yielin Kim
  Journal of Clinical Neurology.2023; 19(6): 547.     CrossRef
• Transfer anxiety in parents of children transferred from pediatric intensive care units to general wards in South Korea: a hybrid concept analysis
  Jisu Park, Eun Kyoung Choi
  Child Health Nursing Research.2022; 28(2): 154.     CrossRef
• Challenges Experienced by Family Caregivers of the Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients in Korea: An Integrative Review
  JiYeon Choi, Judith A. Tate, Youn-Jung Son
  Clinical Nursing Research.2021; 30(4): 423.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of resilience, depression, and self-esteem of hemodialysis(HD) patients, and to find out the factors influencing resilience.
METHODS
The subjects of this descriptive correlational study was 83 outpatients in H hospital in Seoul, Korea, who receive hemodialysis regularly. Data was analyzed by SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
RESULTS
The resilience of HD patients were statistically different by gender, job, economical state, most supportive person, and recent condition. Self-esteem had positive correlation, while depression had moderate negative correlation with the resilience of HD patients. In regression analysis, depression had significant explanation power, which accounted for 25.4% of the resilience.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study provide basic data for developing a resilience promoting program. Since health-related conditions of HD patients affect their levels of resilience, individualized assessment and management of complications are necessary. Also, as the resilience is related to family support, activating support groups for HD patients and their spouses would be helpful to promote their resilience.

Citations

• Factors associated with resilience among patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving hemodialysis in a teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study
  Bimala Poudel, Rekha Timalsina
  BMC Nephrology.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Factors Associated with Sarcopenia among Hemodialysis Patients
  Hye Yun Shin, Hye Sook Min
  Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing.2022; 15(1): 24.     CrossRef
• Factors Affecting Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients - with Focus on Resilience, Symptom Experience and Self-management
  Hyun-Young Jung, Yong-Kyung Park, Soon-Rim Suh
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2021; 46(4): 429.     CrossRef
• Perceptions of resilience in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: A Q‐methodology study
  Mi Young Chon, Eun Ja Yeun, Kyoung Hee Jung, Young‐il Jo, Kyeong Ryong Lee
  Nursing & Health Sciences.2020; 22(1): 108.     CrossRef
• Relationship between Self-efficacy and Resilience among Patients with Colorectal Cancer with Stoma: Mediating Effects of Family Support and Medical Staff Support
  Mi Na Yun, Kyoung Mi Kim
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2020; 32(6): 599.     CrossRef
• Association Between Spiritual Well-Being and Resilience Among Turkish Hemodialysis Patients
  Songul Duran, Dilek Avci, Funda Esim
  Journal of Religion and Health.2020; 59(6): 3097.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Sick Role Behavior Compliance in Patients on Hemodialysis
  Hyun Mi Jeon, Hye Sook You
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2019; 26(1): 23.     CrossRef
• Resilience as a Moderator and Mediator of the Relationship between Symptom Experience and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
  Yeon Hee Cho, Yun Mi Lee
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(1): 68.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Self-Care Behaviors of Renal Dialysis Patients
  Yoonjung Kim, Sanggeon Park
  STRESS.2019; 27(4): 320.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Resilience in Hospitalized Patients with Stroke
  Jong Kyung Lee, Ji Yeong Yun
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2018; 30(4): 385.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the nutritional support, gastric residual volume, and nutritional status of the intensive care unit (ICU) patients on enteral feeding.
METHODS
A descriptive longitudinal design was used to collect 5 day data on enteral nutrition of 52 ICU patients in an university hospital. Nutritional support was calculated with actual caloric intake compared to individual caloric requirement. Residual volumes were measured prior to routine feedings, and the serum albumin levels and the total lymphocyte counts were checked to evaluate nutritional status. The data were analyzed using one group repeated measures ANOVA, paired t-test, and Spearman's bivariate correlation analysis.
RESULTS
The subjects received their first enteral feeding on the 5.75th day of ICU admission. The mean nutritional support rate was 49.1% of the requirement, however prescription rate and support rate were increased as time goes by. Gastric residual volumes were less than 10 cc in 95% cases. A significant negative correlation was found between nutritional support and nutritional status.
CONCLUSION
The nutritional support for ICU patient was low compared to the requirement, and their nutritional status was worse than at the time of ICU admission. Further studies are necessary to develop nursing interventions for improving nutritional support for ICU patients.

Citations

• Comparison of the nutritional indicators of critically Ill patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO)
  Nah-Mee Shin, Suk Yeon Ha, Yoon Soo Cho
  Journal of Nutrition and Health.2021; 54(5): 489.     CrossRef
• The effect of nutritional supply on clinical outcomes and nutritional status in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy
  Ju Yeun Kim, Ji-Myung Kim, Yuri Kim
  Journal of Nutrition and Health.2015; 48(3): 211.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of current study was to explore the positive outcomes of advanced practice nurse who have experienced the roles in their clinical settings.
METHODS
This study adopted a qualitative research design based on conventional content analysis. Participants were 16 nurse practitioners have been worked at hospitals or community centers. Data were collected via focus group interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis method.
RESULTS
Patients' aspect outcomes were "client-centered care in providing continuity", "providing trust based on expertise", "promoting skilled intervention in patient recovering", "blocking the negative consequences", "quality improvement: nursing becoming tighter", "providing total care for cases that require intensive care", "improving patients outcomes by total management", "increasing confidence in evidence-based professional nursing", "rising the satisfaction by cost-effective services", "providing skilled professional practice", and "providing comprehensive care related to covering various aspects." Other themes elicited also included "promoting efficacy by inter-related health professions supervising", "the expansion of specialized practice areas increase business efficiency", "formation of outside customers due to increasing the satisfaction with skilled nursing care", "filling in the emptying spaces of doctors by practicing reliable role to bridge", "attracting external customers through successful management of subjects", "increasing staff's satisfaction on the role to make a bridge between inside and outside doctors", "24 hours medical expertise of professional staff ready secured", and "low cost, same results, that is, cost-effective" in reference to health care resources aspect.
CONCLUSION
These findings suggested that advanced practice nurses perceived various positive outcomes and provided basic data for outcome indicators of advanced practice nurses' role.

Citations

• Job performance of nurses with gerontological nurse practitioner certification: A descriptive survey study
  Suyeon Kim, Minjae Lee, Sujin Shin
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2025; 27(2): 199.     CrossRef
• Reflections Professional Characteristics of Nurse Specialists
  Yeoung Ju Ju, Eun Mi Kim
  Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing.2024; 38(1): 71.     CrossRef
• Catalysts for change: A qualitative study of middle managers' perception of nursing professional competence in primary healthcare
  Choi Kristian Wiik, Anne Vifladt, Sevald Høye
  Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences.2024; 38(4): 854.     CrossRef
• A Systematic Review of Outcomes Research in the Hospital Pharmacists’ Interventions in South Korea
  So Young Lee, Eun Cho
  Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.2019; 29(3): 193.     CrossRef
• Common Scope of Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses in Korea Derived from Expert Agreement
  Cho Sun Leem, Su Jung Choi, Kyung-Choon Lim, Young Hee Yi, Jae Sim Jeong, Yong Ae Shin, Young-ah Kang, Hayoung Park, Eun Mi Kim
  Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing.2019; 12(3): 35.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to compare the role-expectations of gerontological nurse practitioners and performance of gerontological nursing by nurses in long term care hospitals and general hospitals.
METHODS
Subjects were 200 nurses; 100 nurses from long term care hospitals where as 100 nurses from general hospitals. The subjects completed a questionnaire on general characteristics, role-expectations of gerontological nurse practitioners, and performance of gerontological nursing by nurses. Data were collected from February to March 2013 and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 18.0 version program in order to perform descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and one-way ANOVA.
RESULTS
Results indicated that there were significant differences in the role-expectations of gerontological nurse practitioners and performance of gerontological nursing between nurses from long term care hospitals and those from general hospitals.
CONCLUSION
Nurses in general hospitals showed significantly higher role expectations than nurses in long term care hospitals. Therefore it is necessary to spread the knowledge on the roles of gerontological nurse practitioners and the nurse practitioners system to nurses in long term care hospitals.

Citations

• Hospitalization experience of elderly surgical patients: A phenomenological study
  Yujeong Shin, Dukyoo Jung, Hyunjoo Oh
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2025; 27(1): 84.     CrossRef
• Job performance of nurses with gerontological nurse practitioner certification: A descriptive survey study
  Suyeon Kim, Minjae Lee, Sujin Shin
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2025; 27(2): 199.     CrossRef
• Workload-Related Issues among Nurses Caring for Patients with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Scoping Review
  Younhee Kang, Chohee Bang
  Healthcare.2024; 12(18): 1893.     CrossRef
• Moderated moderation effect of empathy and resilience on the relationship between geriatric care-related stress and geriatric nursing practice among secondary hospital nurses: A cross-sectional study
  Young Suk Choe, Yang Gyeong Yoo
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2023; 25(1): 89.     CrossRef
• Experiences of Advanced Health Assessment Simulation Based on the Education Needs of Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Students
  Jiyoung Kim, Hyunju Dan
  Healthcare.2023; 11(8): 1162.     CrossRef
• Attitudes Toward Older Adults and Need for Education Among Nurses and Nursing Assistants
  YoonRyeong Cheon, Kihye Han, Sophia J. Chung
  The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing.2021; 52(11): 517.     CrossRef
• The Moderating Effect of Empowerment in Relationship between Self-leadership and Job Satisfaction for Nurses Working in Long-term Care Hospitals
  Kyoungsuk Kim, Heeok Park
  Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2016; 18(1): 32.     CrossRef
• Experience of Job Stress among Nurses Working in Long-term Care Hospital: A Phenomenological Approach
  Hui Jin Kim, Hye Young Kim
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2016; 28(5): 572.     CrossRef
• The Influence of Attitude, Experience and Empathy on the Nursing Care of the Elderly Who Have No Caregiver
  Nam-Sook Seo, Ji-Seon Moon, So-Hyoung Hong, Yang-Hee Park
  The Korean Journal of Health Service Management.2016; 10(2): 179.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was aimed to develop frequently-used clinical scenarios and scoring rubrics to assess core basic nursing skills in adult health nursing clinical practice for clinical evaluation based on program learning outcomes (PO).
METHODS
This study was a methodological research combining focus group interviews and questionnaires to select and construct scenarios. Data were collected from clinical practitioners, adult health nursing professors, and new nurses from November, 2013 to April, 2014. The developed scenarios and rubrics were applied to nursing students by way of showing an example.
RESULTS
The 12 frequently-used clinical scenarios were developed. The proportion of the evaluation rubrics were 30% for clinical instructors where as 70% for college instructors. In order for students to achieve the important learning outcomes from the courses for clinical practice, four program outcomes (POs) were selected as well as a rubric for each POs was developed. Students who had situation-based clinical practices showed higher levels of satisfaction on mastery of core basic nursing skills and communication skills.
CONCLUSION
This findings of the study suggested the strategies for complementing pitfalls in clinical setting and achieving PO during students' clinical practicum.

Citations

• The Coping Experience of Nursing Students in Clinical Practice: Trying to be a Meaningful Presence
  Doo Nam Oh, Young-Rhan Um, Chunmi Kim, Sejin Ju, Jung Hyun Choi, Myung Sook Park
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2016; 22(4): 430.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of infrared temperature measurements compared to axillary temperature in order to detect fever in patients.
METHODS
Studies published between 1946 and 2012 from periodicals indexed in Ovid Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane, KoreaMed, NDSL, KERIS and other databases were selected using the following key words: "infrared thermometer." QUADAS-II was utilized to assess the internal validity of the diagnostic studies. Selected studies were analyzed through a meta-analysis using MetaDisc 1.4.
RESULTS
Twenty-one diagnostic studies with high methodological quality were included representing 3,623 subjects in total. Results of the meta-analysis showed that the pooled sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve (AUC) of infrared tympanic thermometers were 0.73 (95% CI 0.70~0.75), 0.92 (95% CI 0.91~0.92), and 0.90, respectively. For axillary temperature readings, the pooled sensitivity was 0.67 (95% CI 0.62~0.73), the pooled specificity was 0.87 (95% CI 0.85~0.90), and the AUC was 0.80.
CONCLUSION
Infrared tympanic temperature can predict axillary temperature in normothermic and in febrile patients with an acceptable level of diagnostic accuracy. However, further research is necessary to substantiate this finding in patients with hyperthermia.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the experience of hospital nurses regarding their intention to stay at hospital.
METHODS
Experiential data were collected from 10 experienced nurses through in-depth interviews. The main question was "Could you describe your experience and your work during your years at the hospital?" Qualitative data from the field and transcribed notes were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory methodology.
RESULTS
The core category of experience regarding hospital nurses' intention to stay was 'following a stable rather than a challenging path'. Participants used three interactional strategies: 'being encouraged via rapport with peers', 'accept reality', and 'find vitality in academic pursuits'.
CONCLUSION
The retention of experienced nurses is critical to human resource management in nursing departments. This study found that experienced nurses have a vague uncertainty about their future in the hospital. Therefore, nursing managers should support experienced nurses by providing them with the opportunities needed to develop their careers, by managing conflicts in nursing units, and by implementing new programs to increase confidence.

Citations

• Experiences of Career Nurses Balancing Clinical Nursing with Ongoing Studies
  Yunhyung Kim, Yeonsook Joo, Eun Hee Kang, Jeong Hye Kim
  Journal of Korean Association for Qualitative Research.2024; 9(3): 215.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Korean Nurses' Intention to Stay: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  Sunhee Park, Taewha Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2018; 24(2): 139.     CrossRef
• The convergence study of Experience of Turnover in new graduate nurses within one year
  Young-Mi Kim, Sang-Nam Kim
  Journal of the Korea Convergence Society.2016; 7(4): 97.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between treatment belief, personal control, depressive mood, and health-related quality of life in patients with hemodialysis based on self-regulation theory.
METHODS
Data were collected from 220 patients at 27 local hemodialysis clinics in Seoul during 2013 and 2014. The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-12 were used to measure outcome variables. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression using the 'enter' method.
RESULTS
Treatment belief and personal control scored 3.58 and 3.54 out of 5 points respectively, on average. Treatment belief and personal control of kidney disease were negatively correlated with depressive mood and positively correlated with health-related quality of life. According to the regression analysis, treatment belief, monthly income, and personal control were discovered to account for 21.8% of the variance in depressive mood, where as depressive mood, monthly income, treatment belief, and age were found out to account for 40.6% of the variance in health-related quality of life.
CONCLUSION
Our study demonstrated significant positive relationships between treatment belief and illness outcome in hemodialysis patients. Interventions aimed to provide the necessary information and trust to maximize the effectiveness of treatment need be developed to improve patients outcomes.

Citations

• Predictive Model of Self‐Management and Quality of Life for Patients on Hemodialysis Using Information‐Motivation‐Behavioral Skills Model: A Cross‐Sectional Study
  Sung Reul Kim, Hye Young Kim, Eun Ko, No Eul Kang, Kang Sun Lee
  Nursing & Health Sciences.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Effects of Depression, Social Support of Tuberculosis Patients on Self-care
  Go Un Lee, Hye Kyung Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2022; 33(4): 456.     CrossRef
• Correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression and quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis: A cross‐sectional study
  Jingxia Cheng, Dongju Yang, Qiantao Zuo, Weixu Peng, Longling Zhu, Xiaolian Jiang
  Nursing Open.2022; 9(2): 1322.     CrossRef
• Factors Affecting Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients
  Eun Jin Jo, Sanghee Kim
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2021; 21(2): 88.     CrossRef
• Mediating Effects of Self-Care Competence on the Relationship between Uncertainty and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
  Yoon Jung Chae, Jun Hee Ahn, Kyung Pyo Kang, Eunhee Jo
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2020; 32(1): 67.     CrossRef
• Factors affecting depressive symptoms in employed hemodialysis patients with chronic renal failure
  Hae Ok Jeon, Jiyoung Kim, Oksoo Kim
  Psychology, Health & Medicine.2020; 25(8): 940.     CrossRef
• Illness uncertainty and complementary and alternative medicine use in patients undergoing hemodialysis
  Hae Ok Jeon, Bo Hye Kim, Oksoo Kim
  Nursing & Health Sciences.2019; 21(3): 375.     CrossRef
• Predictors Influencing of Medication Adherence in Hemodialysis Patients
  Hana Kim, Eunha Kim
  Korean Journal of Adult Nursing.2019; 31(3): 283.     CrossRef
• Structural Equation Modeling of Self-Management in Patients with Hemodialysis
  Jieun Cha
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2017; 47(1): 14.     CrossRef
• Effects of Intra-dialytic, Short-term Resistance Exercise on Physical Fitness, Depression and Dialysis Adequacy
  On Lee, Myoung-Hyee Kim, Chang-Hwa Lee, Il-Hwan Oh, Yeon-Soo Kim
  The Korean Journal of Sports Medicine.2016; 34(2): 162.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to understand what are the experiences and management of type 2 diabetes in everyday lives among Korean people.
METHODS
A grounded theory method was utilized to explore how people with type 2 diabetes to experience and manage their disease under the Korean socio-cultural context. The data were collected via narrative in-depth interviews with 21 people with type 2 diabetes during 2010-2011 and all interviews were transcribed for verbatim analysis.
RESULTS
The core category was 'Rearranging everyday lives by accepting diabetes as lifelong annoying companion.' Four stages were identified: ignoring; struggling compromising and conciliating. Each stage illustrates major problems and/or strategies that the participants face in dealing with diabetes. The process illustrates the transference from their ordinary life, in which diabetes or health was ignored, to the health-oriented life, within which diabetes is integrated into their lives. The most difficult barriers they faced in everyday lives include social stigma of diabetes and collectivistic culture in Korea. Within the culture, the group goals are concerned over individual ones, making it harder for the participants to take care of their own health.
CONCLUSION
The findings of the study imply that health care professionals may consider the influence of social stigma in caring diabetic patients. Also, the intervention study is warranted to educate Korean people with diabetes to get aware of the sociocultural context and stigma as well as personal difficulties in self-caring diabetes.

Citations

• The Mediating Effect of Acceptance Action in the Relationship between Diabetes Distress and Self-stigma among Old Adults with Diabetes in South Korea
  Hyesun Kim, Kawoun Seo
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2022; 33(4): 446.     CrossRef
• Association among Lifestyle Factors, Obesity, C-peptide Secretion, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Risk in Adults with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Study
  Sun-Young Kwon, Hye-Ja Park
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(2): 125.     CrossRef
• Samoan migrants’ perspectives on diabetes: A qualitative study
  Yasin Shahab, Olataga Alofivae‐Doorbinnia, Jennifer Reath, Freya MacMillan, David Simmons, Kate McBride, Penelope Abbott
  Health Promotion Journal of Australia.2019; 30(3): 317.     CrossRef
• A Review of Qualitative Research in Korea: The Life Experiences of Diabetes Patients
  Been Yoo
  The Journal of Korean Diabetes.2017; 18(4): 270.     CrossRef