The Educational Needs and Perception of the Mothers of High Risk Infant and Normal Neonate / 아동간호학회지

The purpose of this study is to compare the educational needs and perception of mothers of normal neonates and high risk infants. This research was designed as a descriptive study. Data were collected for two months from April 2002 to March 2002. Subjects were 41 mothers of high risk infants and 60 mothers of normal neonates in one general hospital in Seoul participated in the study. Measurement tools used in this study were the educational needs scale developed by Cho Kyoul Ja et al and the neonatal perceptive inventories scale developed by Broussard. They ask mothers to rate each item on a four point Likert type scale. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 8.0 program. The variables were listed as frequency, mean, standard deviation, X2 test, t-test, ANOVA. The results were as follows: The educational needs of the mothers of primi pregnancy was higher than the mothers of multi pregnancy. The educational needs on management of diseases such as prevention of infection, symptoms of disease, mental development, attachment promotion, congenital metabolism test, management of convulsion, care of vomiting and fever were higher than general care of infants such as immunization, measurement of temperature, hiccough care, follow up care. The informations must be included in nursing intervention program to reduce the mothers' stress level. In conclusion, in order to promote positive mother infant relationship, nurse need to give information and educate the mothers of high risk infant and normal neonate.

A Study on the Correlation Between Perceived Social Support and Hope of the Preoperative Patients / 성인간호학회지

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social support and hope of preoperative patients. The subjects in this study were 130 preoperative patients in 2 hospitals in Kunsan. The instruments used for this study: This social support scale developed by Park(1985). Hope scale developed by Miler(1988), the hope scale was modified by adding some items relevant to preoperative patients, when tested for reliability, the cronbach's alpha score was 0.93. The data was analysed by t-test, correlation coefficient, and ANOVA using SAS program. The results of this study were as follows: 1. The mean score of social support was 3.13 and the mean score of hope was 3.03. 2. The hypothesis of this study, "The higher the degree of social support perceived by the patient, the higher the degree of hope", was supported (T=6.47, p=0.0001 r=0.49). 3. 1) General characteristics were related to the degree of social support: sex, occupation, economic level, education level(p<0.05). 2) General characteristics were related to the degree hope: sex, occupation, economic level, medical treatment expenses, house possession state, operative department, economic level(p<0.05). For these subject, there was a significant relationship between social support and the degree of hope. The nurse should plan interventions to inspire hope level by social support with preoperative patient If so, their coping ability and well-being level may be promoted.