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KMID : 0614820060120020189
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2006 Volume.12 No. 2 p.189 ~ p.195
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The Importance and Performance of Nursing Interventions Perceived by Nurses in Long-term Care Facilities for Elderly
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Park Hyun-Tae
Kim Young-Ae
Hwang Hye-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to identify nursing interventions which were perceived highly in the importance and performance of nursing interventions by nurses in long-term care facilities for elderly.
Method: Data was collected from nurses working in long-term care facilities for elderly over 2 years who participated in continuous education by Korea Association of Senior Citizens Welfare Institution. Data was analyzed using mean and paired t-test to compare difference between the importance and performance of each nursing intervention.
Results: Among 264 nursing intervention, 49 nursing interventions were considered highly important and performed very often by nurses. Especially, 11 nursing interventions had significant difference between the importance and the performance, which meant that nurses perceived them as the most important and they were not implemented often as much as that by nurses.
Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that what kinds of the nursing interventions were perceived highly important and performed very often by nurses in long-term care facilities for elderly. These nursing interventions can be utilized in the development of standardized nursing intervention classification to be used for the long-term care facilities for elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Long-term care facility for elderly, Nursing Interventions
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