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KMID : 0869920090150010032
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2009 Volume.15 No. 1 p.32 ~ p.43
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Trends of Doctoral Dissertations of One College of Nursing in Korea
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Choe Myoung-Ae
Park Hyeoun-Ae
Yi Myung-Sun
Kim Keum-Soon
Park Yeon-Hwan
Park Young-Sook
Hah Yang-Sook
Chung Chae-Weon
Lee In-Sook
Song Mi-Soon
Yun Soon-Nyung
Choi-Kwon Smi
Hong Kyung-Ja
Han Kyung-Ja
Chang Hee-Kyung
Park Sung-Ae
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the trend of nursing research by analyzing the doctoral dissertations in one college of nursing in Korea.
Method: The areas of research, the methodological characteristics, and theories used in the research were explored in all doctoral dissertations (n=120) published from 1989 to 2006.
Result: Mainly "Nursing" has been studied (44.9%) among four meta-paradigms of nursing science. The "client" domain (46.7%) and the "practice" domain (41.7%) were most frequently studied in type of nursing knowledge. The main purpose of the thesis was to develop nursing interventions and examine the effectiveness of the practice (40.8%) in quantitative research. Almost all (94.7%) of the qualitative dissertation studies were to explore phenomena in the nursing field. Almost half of the dissertations (43.9%) were an experimental design, 34.7% were a model construction, and 15.8% were a qualitative design. The majority of dissertations (83.3%) were to apply the specific theory and almost half (43.8%) studied borrowed theories from other fields.
Conclusion: It is necessary to develop more rigorous and various research designs such a longitudinal design, or randomized controlled trial and this will lead to expanding the body of nursing knowledge.
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KEYWORD
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Analysis, Academic dissertations, Nursing theory
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