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KMID : 1138720220480010063
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Korean Public Health Research
2022 Volume.48 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.71
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Improvement of the items of the Korea nurse assistant licensing examination through a job analysis of nurse assistants
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Kim Myeong-Seong
Nam Young-Hee
Lee Yoon-Hyeon
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Abstract
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Background: It aimed to analyze the duties of nurse assistants and to provide recommendations for improving the Korea Nurse Assistant Licensing Examination (KNALE).
Methods: In order to understand the job characteristics, job content and requirements and KNALE topics were reviewed. Furthermore, the experts’ opinions concerning nurse assistants (specialized high school teachers, nursing and health professors, nursing academy directors, physicians, and oriental medicine doctors) were assessed. A seminar for convergence, a focused group interview with 10 nurses and 7 health scientists, was done. The online questionnaire for 265 nurses, nurse assistants, health science majors, and medicine majors were also conducted.
Results: The survey from experts and nurse assistants revealed that the job characteristics of a nurse assistant are diverse and that the KNALE is structured in a way that does not match the professionalism required on the field. The job-based exam items should be included to improve the KNALE. Specifically, the number of practice-based items should be greater than that of theory-based items and should emphasize on “infection and injury” and “emergency response” areas. The inclusion of a former nurse assistant who can contribute to items production and item review is highly favored to improve the items’ suitability to nurse assistant’s job.
Conclusion: It is necessary to improve the examination items by placing a greater emphasis on areas of “infection and injury” and “emergency response,” because a high level of such knowledge is demanded from nurse assistants who work in hospitals.
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KEYWORD
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Hospitals, Job description, Nurse assistant, Professionalism
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