The job analysis of Korean nurses as a strategy to improve the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination

This study aimed at characterizing Korean nurses' occupational responsibilities to apply the results for improvement of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination. First, the contents of nursing job were defined based on a focus group interview of 15 nurses. Developing a Curriculum (DACOM) method...

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Published in:Journal of educational evaluation for health professions 2016, Vol.13, p.24-24
Main Authors: Park, In Sook, Suh, Yeon Ok, Park, Hae Sook, Ahn, Soo Yeon, Kang, So Young, Ko, Il Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Competence
Clinical medicine
Community health care
curriculum
Education, Nursing
Educational Measurement
Emergency medical care
focus groups
Humans
Job Description
Job descriptions
korea
Licenses
Licensing examinations
Licensure, Nursing - standards
Literature reviews
Medical screening
Nurses
Nurses - standards
Nursing care
nursing licensure
Patients
Public health
Qualitative research
Republic of Korea
Research methodology
Risk factors
Skills
Surveys and Questionnaires
Task Performance and Analysis
Validity
Work
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Summary:This study aimed at characterizing Korean nurses' occupational responsibilities to apply the results for improvement of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination. First, the contents of nursing job were defined based on a focus group interview of 15 nurses. Developing a Curriculum (DACOM) method was used to examine those results and produce the questionnaire by 13 experts. After that, the questionnaire survey to 5,065 hospital nurses was done. The occupational responsibilities of nurses were characterized as involving 8 duties, 49 tasks, and 303 task elements. Those 8 duties are nursing management and professional development, safety and infection control, the management of potential risk factors, basic nursing and caring, the maintenance of physiological integrity, medication and parenteral treatments, socio-psychological integrity, and the maintenance and improvement of health. The content of Korean Nursing Licensing Examination should be improved based on 8 duties and 49 tasks of the occupational responsibilities of Korean nurses.
ISSN:1975-5937
1975-5937
DOI:10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.24