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KMID : 0614819990050010077
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
1999 Volume.5 No. 1 p.77 ~ p.86
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The Comparative analysis on nurse´s legal duty
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to look into nurses legal duty and to analyze influencing factors, by reading through precedents in nursing-related malpractice cases. 157 clinic nurses and 40 head nurses who were working in 3 university hospitals in the area of Seoul and KyongKi province ~~-ere surveyed with pre-set questionnaires which were based on 20 cases and to compare precedents with nurses attitudes. Independent variables were demographic characteristics, job characteristics. experience and education. and personal characteristics. .Dependent variables were the extents of understanding in their duty. To analyze the extent of duty understanding t-text. ANOVA. and multiple regression were performed according to the characteristics of each study subject. IVlain findings are as follows
1. X² test was performed for each hospitals and job category. The existence of religion and job-related advisers were significantly different ac-cording to hospitals and job categories. The existences of the orientation for nwsing, education. and meeting were significantly different according to hospitals.
2. The extent of duty understanding according to the subject characteristics was assessed by means of median. Each case was given the median. 12 cases(46%)out of 26 cases demonstrated the median of more than 6 showing high extent of understanding.
3. When X= test was performed. the extent of duty understanding was significantly different in the areas of marriage status, the existence of meetings. and the experience of having dispute. ~t~en multiple regression(stepwise method) was performed, above variables were not statisticallysigr sficant.
4. As result of comparative analysis on precedents and nurse´s attitudes. it is 4 cases that nurse´s attitudes is more active than precedents and it is 9 cases that nurse.´s attitudes is more passive than precedents and it is 4 cases that nurse"s attitudes is parallel. with precedents.
This study does not present statistical model which can integrate all the cases. The significance of this study is in that it generalized and assessed the nurses´ understanding of duty based on nursing -care which was legally disputed and compared nurse´s attitude with precedents.
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