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KMID : 0614820030090010005
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2003 Volume.9 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.18
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Analysis of Nursing Activities in Ambulatory Units of Secondary and Tertiary Hospitals
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Sung Young-Hee
Park Jeong-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: For improvement of nursing services in ambulatory unit, ambulatory nursing activity was identified and the required time by nursing activity was measured.
Method: The data were collected from 4 tertiary hospitals and 2 secondary hospitals. The method of data collection was used the self-reporting method. The 123 nurse-work days and 137 nurse-aid-work days in 6 hospitals were analyzed.
Results: As a result, 11 ambulatory nursing domains and 79 ambulatory nursing activities were confirmed. Above 50% of subjects performed the general outpatient affair domain. The percentage of total time spent in each domain were as follows; general outpatient affair domain, 58.3%, patient education·counseling domain, 10.8%, therapeutic care domain, 8.6% and so on. And the average hours were measured by activity and domain.
Conclusion: For the improvement of ambulatory nursing care, the strategies that keep the legal standard of number of ambulatory nurse and exchange the nursing-aid for the nurse is needed. And it is also needed to standarize the ambulatory nursing services.
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KEYWORD
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ambulatory nursing activity, activity time,
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