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김금순 ( Kim Keum-Soon ) - 서울대학교 간호대학
박연환 ( Park Yeon-Hwan ) - 서울대학교 간호대학
임난영 ( Lim Nan-Young ) - 한양대학교 의과대학 간호학과
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop and to analyze the task of gerontological nurse practitioners (GNPs) in Korea.
Methods: The definition of GNP and job description was developed based on developing a curriculum (DACUM) by 7 panels who have experienced in DACUM analysis and gerontological nursing. One hundred sixty nurses who were working at long term care facilities were participated. The questionnaire included frequency, importance, and difficulty of duties, tasks, and task elements. The data were collected in November 2006, analyzed by descriptive statistics.
Results: The job description of GNPs in Korea revealed 5 duties, 23 tasks, and 86 task elements. On the all five duties, the highest duty in frequency and in importance was professional nursing care (3.25±0.35, 3.49±0.29). But the highest duty in difficulty was research (3.24±0.46). ’Prevent health problem (3.42±0.43, 3.56±0.33)’, ’Teach other staffs (2.83±0.77, 3.39±0.43)’, ’Develop the evidence-based standards (2.43±0.76, 3.22±0.43)’, ’Develop the self (2.81±0.65, 3.26±0.42)’, and ’Participate the team activities’ were the highest score in frequency and in criticality of tasks. ’Provide emotional support to older adults and families (3.16±0.41)’, ’Counsel older adults and their families (3.14±0.49)’, ’Do clinical research (3.32±0.49)’, ’Quality insurance (3.25±0.49)’, and ’Build collaborative system (3.18±0.47)’ were perceived the most difficult tasks.
Conclusion: The political efforts for the legislation of role and task of GNPs were needed.
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KeyWords
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Nurse practitioners, Task analysis, Aged
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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