In the purpose of study, it focused on understanding the recognition of nurse and nurse aid concerning the night work. From 20 July to 20 August, 2002, it focused on 204 nurse and 30 nurse aids in Second Medical Institution, located at kyonggi-do area, with the questionnaire. The investigated result are as follows:
1. In case of the average age and career on night shift work, the nurse were in 27.5 years old and 55 months, and the nurse aid were in 24.5 years old and 44.7 months. Moreover, in case of the night shift working condition per a unit, there were 40 patients and 3 nurses on an average.
2. According to the statistics of questionnaire, they who were the nurse (86.3%) and nurse aid (73.3%) insisted to supplement the current triple working shift. In case of having the volunteering intention in fixed night shift, the nurse were 5.4% and the nurse aid ere 16.7%. And in case of avoiding the night shift after they are pregnant, the nurse were 48.5% and the nurse aid were 70.0%, Moreover, it revealed that both groups didn´t want to have the night shift absolutely in the early and last pregnancy. As the career and academic background was lower, the necessity of fixed shift was higher.
Therefore, it proposes the alternative plan for supplementing the current working shift like this, from the obligatory to the optional, from the pursuit of efficiency to personal ability assignment and from the health harm to the view of welfare unification. Through this alternative plan, it proposes to manage the manpower flexibly.
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