ABSTRACT
Purpose@#The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of grit, emotional labor and organizational intimacy on nurses' intention to stay to work in comprehensive nursing care service units. @*Methods@#A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. Participants were 192 nurses working in comprehensive nursing care service units at a general hospital. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires, and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program for descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, post-hoc Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression. @*Results@#Intention to stay was positively correlated with grit (r=.28, p=.002), opportunity of forming (r=.17, p=.022), and expansion of intimacy (r=.24, p=.001). The influencing factors on nurses' intention to stay in comprehensive nursing care service units were the work department (β=.23, p=.002) and grit (β=.21, p=.003). Grit and work department explained 13.0% of variances of nurses' intention to stay. @*Conclusion@#The results of this study suggest that nurse's grit plays an important role in continuing to work in a comprehensive nursing service unit. It is recommended to develop a program that includes strategies for improving grit.
ABSTRACT
Hantaan virus (HTNV) is widely distributed in Korea and has been known to cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Hantaviruses are carried by numerous rodent species throughout the world. Especially, the stripedfield mice, Apodemus agrarius, is the natural host for Hantaan virus in Korea, In this study, a total 117 wild rodents of 2 species (A. agrarius, Crocidura laciura) were trapped from six county (Damyang- gun, Hwasun-gun, Gokseong-gun, Jangheung-gun, Hampyeong-gun and Boseong-gun) in Jeonnam province from Sep. 2003 to Nov. 2004 for epidemiological survey. As determined by the indirect immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) test, IgG antibodies against HTNV were detected in 13.4% (14/103) of A. agrarius captured on above the areas. Serologic evidence for HTNV infection was not found in 14 C. laciura. 5 of A. agrarius were positive of hantaan viral RNA amplication from lung tissue of 14 seropositive A. agrarius by RT-PCR. For isolation of the hantaan virus, the lung tissue homogenate of 14 seropositive A. agrarius inoculated Vero E6 cells, but virus was not isolated.