Exploring the Influence of Nursing Work Environment and Patient Safety Culture on Missed Nursing Care in Korea

Kyoung-Ja Kim,Moon Sook Yoo,Eun Ji Seo 한국간호과학회 2018 Asian Nursing Research Vol.12 No.2

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the influence of nurse work environment and patient safety culture in hospital on instances of missed nursing care in South Korea. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used, in which a structured questionnaire was administered to 186 nurses working at a tertiary university hospital. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t test or analysis of variance, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Results: Missed nursing care was found to be correlated with clinical career, nursing work environment, and patient safety culture. The regression model explained approximately 30.3% of missed nursing care. Meanwhile, staffing and resource adequacy (b 食 .31, p 食 .001), nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses (b 食 .26, p 食 .004), clinical career (b 食 .21, p 食 .004), and perception on patient safety culture within unit (b 食 .19, p 食 .041) were determined to be influencing factors on missed nursing care. Conclusion: This study has significance as it suggested that missed nursing care is affected by work environment factors within unit. This means that missed nursing care is a unit outcome affected by nurse work environment factors and patient safety culture. Therefore, missed nursing care can be managed through the implementation of interventions that promote a positive nursing work environment and patient safety culture.

간호법 단독입법을 통한간호인력의 합리적 재편 방안

김종호 ( Jongho Kim ) 건국대학교 법학연구소 2015 一鑑法學 Vol.0 No.32

평균수명의 연장으로 인한 건강보험 진료비 증가, 의료기관 증가, 의료기관의 적정한 간호 인력확보의 필요성 증가와 같은 급격한 보건의료환경의 변화로 간호인력 수요가 증가하고 있다. 인구의 고령화로 인한 노인의료비 증가, 만성질환자 관리의 필요성 증가에 비용효과적인 대응을 위한 간호인력 수요도 커지고 있다. 또한 노인장기요양보험제도의 도입· 확대 등으로 간호서비스 제공영역이 의료기관에서 지역사회로 변화하면서 간호의 역할범위도 보다 확장되고 있다. 중동호흡기증후군(MERS) 사태에서 보는 바와 같이 포괄간호서비스 수요도 반드시 충족되어야 할 상황이다. 그러나 현재 우리나라 간호사는 다른 의료인력과 함께 의료법에 포괄적으로 규정되어 있어 명확한 법적 지위와 규제 내용이 부재하며 간호인력 간 업무와 책임한계가 불명확한 상황이다. 이는 급변하는 간호 관련 보건의료 환경변화에 간호서비스가 적절히 대응하지 못하게 할 뿐만 아니라 간호서비스의 질 저하를 초래할 우려가 있다. 특히, 진료보조업무에 있어서 간호사와 간호조무사간의 업무중복과역할혼란의 문제가 발생하고 있어 명확한 업무규정이 요구된다. 대부분의 국가들이 간호관련 단독법에 기반하여 간호인력 양성을 위한 교육과정과 업무를 명확히 규정함으로써 간호서비스의 책임성을 담보하고 있으며, 간호사가 간호보조인력에 대한 지도·감독의 권한을 부여함으로써 간호인력 간 업무중복의 문제를 피하고있다. 우리나라도 간호행위 관련 서비스의 책임강화와 간호인력 관련 문제발생 가능성을 최소화하고 간호인력 양성을 활성화함과 동시에 보건의료 환경변화에 적절히 대응할 수있는 인력수급 시스템을 구축할 수 있는 간호사 관련 단독입법이 필요하다. 이를 위하여 간호업무의 개념정의와 구체적인 행위구분, 면허·자격 응시기준, 교육기관 및 교육기간, 간호사중앙회, 보수교육 및 면허·자격신고제, 간호정책의 심의·의결을 위한 간호정책심 의위원회, 인력처우개선 및 복지증진, 인력확보와 취업촉진을 위한 간호인력개발센터 설치 등을 주요내용으로 하는 간호법 제정이 필요하다. More than 65 years ago, governments enacted laws which protect the public’s health and doctors assistant by overseeing and ensuring the safe practice of nursing. It is not uncommon to find various complementary therapies available at hospitals, either as part of nursing care, or as an extended health care service. Currently many hospitals and other healthcare facilities, such as long-term care facilities are being constructed to replace those at the end of their life and to meet the demand as the baby boomer population grows older in Korea. Many of these are designed according to a new understanding of the healing environment and the research behind evidence-based design. Small sized clinics are also beginning to change, not least because the Korean healthcare system can no longer afford a system that focuses on disease-based care. Healthcare is beginning to recognize the central place that wellbeing of mind, body, and spirit plays in health. In this rapidly changed medical environment, the nursing resources are most crucial factor to meet the broadly varied conditions. The nurse workforce generally consists of licensed nurses and nurses-aides. The physical setting is the patient’s first impression of a healthcare facility and one of the most important factors in the patient’s perceptions of the quality of care and their overall satisfaction. One of the key factors driving changes in healthcare is the concept of patient-centered care. Each of the items are necessary to satisfy patients by appropriate nursing care service. Nursing-sensitive outcomes are one indicator of quality of care and may be defined as variable patient or family caregiver state, condition, or perception responsive to nursing intervention. However, Korea has no Nurse Act separated from the Medical Service Act since 1951. This study discussed the necessity of single Nurse Act enactment independent from the Medical Act by arguing and comparing foreign jurisprudence and legislative connection between lower levels of nurse staffing and higher rates of adverse events. Complementing this study is a providing number of other research agendas addressing the growing nurse workload and rising rates of burnout and job dissatisfaction. Many stakeholders within the health care system, especially governments, hospitals and hospital organizations, doctor and nurse associations, nurse-aides foundations, and accreditation organizations, are aware of the lack of qualified nursing staff and related problems and are actively seeking solutions. High level general hospitals may cut spending for other personnel, such as unlicensed caregivers, housekeepers, and other support staff to enhancing their medical reputations. On the other hand, local clinic and small sized medical firms are insist that revise or enactment of new law may increasing cost of health care and they against preparing new bill. If no renovation is made in the medical law, the amount of nursing work performed by non-licensed nurse-aides in inpatient units could increase, and investments in medical technology and facilities to improve the quality of care could be deferred. Accordingly, researching a reasonable nursing resources reorganization plan through enactment of Nurse Act is summons in our time.

간호·간병통합서비스 병동과 일반병동 간호사의 심리사회적 업무환경과 건강결과와의 관련성

권재영(Jaeyoung Kwon),조성현(Sung-Hyun Cho) 한국직업건강간호학회 2024 한국직업건강간호학회지 Vol.33 No.3

일 대학병원 외래환자의 적정진료에 대한 환자경험평가 연구

허은경(Eun Kyoung Her),안상윤(Sang-Yoon Ahn),김광환(Kwang-Hwan Kim) 한국산학기술학회 2019 한국산학기술학회논문지 Vol.20 No.10

본 연구는 일개 종합병원을 이용한 외래환자들을 대상으로 환자경험평가를 시행하여 외래진료의 전반적인 과정에 있어 환자가 경험한 의료서비스를 확인하고, 환자경험 및 인식에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인을 분석하고자 하였다. 조사대상은 2018년 5월 14일부터 5월 28일까지 일개 대학병원에서 외래진료 경험이 2회 이상 있는 환자 100명을 조사대상으로 선정하였다. 조사결과 성별로는 여자가 60.0%, 남자가 40.0%로 여자가 더 많은 분포를 보였고 연령별로는 60세 이상이 53.0%, 59세 이하가 47.0%로 60세 이상 그룹이 59세 이하 그룹보다 더 많은 분포를 보였으며, 병원을 이용하게 된 동기는 “병원이 가까이 있어서”가 42.0%로 가장 많은 분포를 보였으며, “의료진의 실력이 좋아서” 36.0%, “타 병원에서 권유받아서” 7.0% 순이었고 “주위사람 소개로”가 1.0%로 가장 적은 분포를 보였다. 이상의 연구결과, 환자 중심의 의료서비스를 제공하기 위한 문제점 파악과 환자의 요구에 부응하는 의료서비스 및 차별화된 의료서비스 방안을 모색하기 위한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다. This study was conducted to evaluate outpatient experiences of a general hospital and help identify the medical service status experienced by the patients in the overall process of outpatient care, and analyze the major factors influencing patient experience and perception. A total of 100 patients having more than 2 outpatient clinic visits at a university hospital from May 14, 2018 to May 28, 2018, were selected to participate in the survey, comprising 60.0% females and 40.0% males. Considering age, majority belonged to the 〉60 years old age group (53.0%) as compared to 〈59 years (47.0%). "Hospital is close by" was the highest motivation to visit the hospital (42.0%), followed by "Medical staff is skilled" (36.0%), "Recommended by another hospital" (7.0%), and "Recommended by people" being the lowest (1.0%). Taken together, the results of this study can be used as basic data to identify the issues for providing better patient-centric medical services, and to formulate plans for creating medical services that meet the patient needs and differentiated medical services.

어포던스 관점에서 본 치매 요양시설 공간 디자인 특성 연구 - 스웨덴 슬로스발렌(Slottsovalen) 노인요양시설 공용공간 중심으로 -

조아라(Cho, A Ra),염상훈(Youm, Sang Hoon) 대한건축학회 2022 대한건축학회 학술발표대회 논문집 Vol.42 No.2

As the issue of an aging population, research on Dementia facilities has been actively conducted. The purpose of this study is to examine important design factors for the space for elderly dementia patients by analyzing how the space for the patients should be planned as the aspect of affordance. The research method is that firstly, analyzing design characteristics of the space of elderly individuals with dementia as the affordance point of view through literature review and then, the case evaluation of the space of ‘Slottsovalen’, a dementia care facility in Sweden, which is mainly analyzed in accordance with the method by classifying and systemizing the design characteristics of the space for elderly with dementia in terms of affordance. Analysis of how the space for older people with dementia is composed from the aspect of affordance has significance as data on the components of spaces necessary for planning future space of dementia care facilities.