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KMID : 0377619880530080561
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1988 Volume.53 No. 8 p.561 ~ p.566
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Toward the Improvement of Curriculum for Nursing Care of Adults: A Study of the Distribution of Diseases in Korean people
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Abstract
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This study was a survey of the distribution of diseases in the Korean people, done to establish a criteria for time alottement for the patient need based theory in the curriculum in Nursing Care of Adult Patients.
The methodology used was a descriptive survey of the statistical reports of disease.
Data was gathered from the yearly reports from Yonsei University Medical Center, years 1982 to 1987 and the 1986 ;,arriculum for Nursing Care of Adult Patients. Analysis was done by examining the frequency and percentages of diseases in each need category.
The results of the study are as follows:
1. In the category of nutrition and elimination need, patents with diseases of the gastrointestinal system made up 14.90 % and lectures in this area, 19.18 %. In the category of oxygen need, patients with respiratory diseases made up 13 _70 % of the total and patients with cardiovascular diseases, 10.46 %. Lecture time was 15-07 % of the total.
2. The ratio of the frequency of diseases involving neoplasms, chronicity, emergency, rehabilitation, contagious, parasitic problems when compared to the lecture time allotted for them directly showed that in comparison, the lecture time was short_ However, in the present curriculum material related to neoplastic, chronic, emergency and rehabilitation problems is given each need category and so, although, it is difficult to determine the exact frequency distribution, it can be assumed that it is not indeciduate.
3. For safety and security needs, that is needs related to diseases of the nervous system and patients with sensory loss, and activity and rest needs, that is patients with diseases of the musculoskeletal system and patients with diseases of the connective tissue, the ratio of lecture time to number of patients showed a higher rate for lecture time. The lecture time for acute trauma and poisoning was lower. The interrelationship between these concepts needs to be reconciled.
From this study it can be seen that the ratio of the distribution of patients with. diseases related to the need categories, and the lecture time for, each category are very similar.
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