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KMID : 1190720010060010109
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Chonnam Journal of Nursing Science
2001 Volume.6 No. 1 p.109 ~ p.124
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A Survey on Public Nurses` Image at a Local City: From the Perspectives of Teacher, Broadcaster, Legal and Administrative Officers
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Kim Hae-Sook
Park Mei-Hua
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate public nurses image from the perspectives of girl`s high school teacher (n=53), broadcaster (n=50), legal officer (n=30) and administrative officer (n=27) at G city from June 20th to July 20th, 2001.
The instrument for this study was the 4-point Likert scale using 30 items about nurses` image developed by Jahang (1998) and the scale was divided into four areas: temperament as a nurse (Cronbach`s α=.72), role performance (Cronbach`s α=.55), community participation (Cronbach`s α=.74), interpersonal relationship (Cronbach`s α=.40).
The data were analyzed by percentage, t-test and ANOVA using SPSS/WIN program 10.0, and the results could be summarized as follows:
1. The most influencing factor on nurses image building was nurses working in hospital (75.5%). The average score of image was 2.66 out of 4.00 points and ’temperament as a nurse’ was 2.80, ’community participation’ 2.64 and ’role performance’ 2.54 points in subcategories.
2. According to the backgrounds of subjects, the scores on nurses`s image were significantly different: to career, teacher 2.78, administrative officer 2.64, broadcaster 2.58 and legal officer 2.57 points (F=5.47, p=.00l); and to age, in the fifties was 2.84, the forties 2.75, the twenties 2.65 and the thirties 2.56 points in order (F=5.23, p=.002). And the scores on nurses image were not significantly different according to other characteristics of the subjects.
Based on these results, the authors recommended as follows:
1. Follow-up study on nurses image from the perspectives of inpatients, outpatients and their families in various hospital settings and clients in other nurse-working fields.
2. Follow-up study on nurses image from the perspectives of teachers working at from kindergarten to high school; and a study to identify age-specific nurses` image of the public.
3. To develop strategies for affirmative self image building of nurses as a health professional and for mass media monitoring.
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