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Adjusting Process of Nurses to an Oriental Medical Unit

Mee-Hun Lee, Ph.D., RN1, Hyoung-Sook Park, Ph.D., RN2, Jae-Hyun Ha, Ph.D., APN3
Korean Journal of Adult Nursing 2017;29(6):615-625.
Published online: December 18, 2017

1Dong-Eui Medical Center, Busan, Korea

2College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea

3Department of Nursing, Masan University, Changwon, Korea

Corresponding author: Park, Hyoung-Sook College of Nursing, Pusan National University, 49, Busandaehak-ro, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan 50612, Korea. Tel: +82-51-510-8336, Fax: +82-51-510-8308, E-mail: haedang@pusan.ac.kr
This manuscript is a revision of the first author’ doctoral dissertation from Pusan National University.
• Received: August 3, 2017   • Accepted: December 16, 2017

© 2017 Korean Society of Adult Nursing

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to understand and describe the adjustment experiences of nurses to an oriental medical unit.
  • Methods
    Fourteen nurses who worked or were working in oriental medical units participated. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from April to December, 2013. Analyses of the transcribed interviews were done using Corbin and Strauss's grounded theory.
  • Results
    Through the constant comparative analy-sis method, the central phenomenon was identified as ‘ constant mental fluctuation’. Nurses reported their adjustment to an oriental medical unit through four stages. The stages were described as ‘ the discouraged’ stage, ‘ the conflicted’ stage, ‘ the restructuring’ stage and lastly ‘ the coexistence’ stage.
  • Conclusion
    As the participants reported the process of adjusting, they reported continuous constant conflicts and struggles with the oriental medical doctors, the nursing department, patients and their guardians and lastly with themselves. The process of becoming integrated into an oriental medical unit is a complex study and should be studied further in terms of whether this process is the same or different adjusting to other units.
  • Key Words: Nurses; Oriental medicine; Adjustment; Grounded theory
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