Analysis of the Contents and Importance of Clinical Practicum Education in Adult Health Nursing According to Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) System / 의료커뮤니케이션

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to analyze the contents and importance of clinical practicum education in adult health nursing.METHODS: This is a descriptive study using content analysis for identifying the items of clinical nursing checklists gathered from 13 university nursing programs accredited by Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing Education. Items in the checklist were standardized in accordance with the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) and categorized into simple-technical skill, complex-technical skill, and disease-specific care. The perceived significance of each item was examined by surveying nurses who in charge of nurse education from various clinical setting.RESULTS: A total of 182 items in the clinical practicum contents were analyzed, and the terminologies of each item were variously described among nursing schools. Fifty percent of the total items were categorized into simple-technical skill. In terms of clinical importance, expert validity results showed that nurses considered infection control, infection protection, and fall prevention as the most significant items, which was not the same as the most common items in the clinical nursing checklist.CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that standardized nursing terminologies are needed to describe a nursing practicum checklist. Clinical importance of each item in the checklist should be taken into consideration in developing a clinical nursing checklist to assist the students in achieving the competencies as a clinical nurse.

Analysis of the Nursing Interventions Performed by Public Health Nurses in Health Centers Using the NIC / 간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify nursing interventions performed by public health nurses in health centers. METHOD: Data was collected by the taxonomy of Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC 3rd: 486 nursing interventions) from 131 public health nurses in health centers and analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULT: As its result, more than 50% of public health nurses performed 137 nursing interventions at least monthly. The most frequently used intervention class was 'activity and exercise management', followed by 'physical comfort promotion', 'community health promotion', 'life span care', 'coping assistance', 'Self care facilitation', 'information management', 'nutrition support', 'community risk management' and 'patient education'. One hundred twenty nursing interventions were rarely performed by 90% or more of the nurses. Most of them were the physical complex domain. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, 137 interventions were performed by public health nurses at least monthly. NIC is helpful to build a standardized language for public health nursing.

Estudo da aplicabilidade de intervenções da NIC no atendimento a crianças com o diagnóstico de enfermagem "desobstrução ineficaz de vias aéreas relacionada à presença de via aérea artificial" em um centro de terapia intensiva pediátrico / A study on the applicability of NIC interventions in the care to children with "ineffeective airway clearance related to artificial airway"diagnosis at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Trata-se de estudo descritivo, cujo objetivo foi analisar a aplicabilidade de intervenções da NIC no atendimento a crianças com o diagnóstico de enfermagem "desobstrução ineficaz de vias aéreas relacionada à presença de via aérea artificial" em um centro de terapia intensiva pediátrico (CTIP). Foi desenvolvido em três etapas. Na primeira, foram levantadas, junto às enfermeiras do CTIP, as atividades que precrevem cotidianamente para crianças com esse diagnóstico de enfermagem. Foi realizado mapeamento comparativo dessas atividades, com 17 intervenções apresentadas na NIC para o diagnóstico de enfermagem "desobstrução ineficaz de vias aéreas". Na segunda etapa, esse mapeamento foi submetido à revisão por enfermeiras peritas. Na terceira etapa, 08 dessas intervenções foram selecionadas para análise, pelas enfermeiras, quanto à aplicabilidade, no CTIP, das atividades que não foram por elas mencionadas como prescritas cotidianamente na primeira etapa. Como resultados, obteve-se um total de 49 atividades listadas pelas enfermeiras como prescritas cotidianamente no CTIP para crianças com o diagnóstico de enfermagem "desobstrução ineficaz de vias aéreas relacionada à presença de via aérea artificial". Por meio do mapeamento comparativo verificou-se que, 74 das 403 atividades constantes das intervenções prioritárias e sugeridas da NIC possuíam correspondência com 39 atividades prescritas pelas enfermeiras. Na terceira etapa, as 08 intervenções selecionadas para análise pelas enfermeiras somaram 165 (100%) atividades. Destas, 45 (27,3%) haviam sido mapeadas como correspondentes às indicadas pelas enfermeiras na primeira etapa. Das 120 (100%) atividades restantes que foram analisadas quanto à sua realização ou não, 83 (69,2%) foram consideradas pela maioria das enfermeiras como realizadas, 36 (30,0%) como não realizadas e 1 (0,8%) foi considerada pela metade das enfermeiras como realizadas e pela outra metade como não ) realizada. Somando-se as atividades correspondentes na primeira etapa e as atividades consideradas realizadas na terceira eta, se obteve um total de 128 (77,6%) atividades consideradas pela maioria das enfermeiras como realizadas. Quanto ao percentual atribuído à realização das atividades por intervenção, obtivemos os seguintes resultados: "monitorização respiratória" (84,6%), "aspiração de vias aéreas" (84,0%); "controle de vias aéreas" (80,0%); "inserção e estabilização de vias aéreas artificiais" (80,0%); "controle de vias aéreas artificiais" (80,0%); "fisioterapia respiratória" (76,9%); "assistência ventilatória" (75,0%) e "incremento da tosse" (36,4%). Concluímos que, houve um número menor de atividades consideradas não realizadas no CTIP em relação à intervenção incremento da tosse, porém, a maioria das atividades constantes na NIC e submetidas à análise pelas enfermeiras possui aplicabilidade no CTIP

This descriptive study aimed at analyzing the applicability of NIC interventions in the care to children with the nursing diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance related to artificial airway" at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The study was developed in three phases. In the first one, the author found out, with nurses from PICU, the activities that are daily prescribed to children with this diagnosis. Based on this information, the activities were mapped and compared with the 17 interventions presented by NIC related to the nursing diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance". In the second phase, this mapping was submitted to a peers review. In the third phase, 8 interventions were selected for analysis by the nurses regarding their applicability at the PICU, among the activities that were not mentioned as daily precribed in the first phase. Results showed a total of 49 activities mentioned by nurses as daily prescribed at the PICU for children with the nursing diagnosis "ineffective airway clearance related to artificial airway". Through comparative mapping, the author verified that 74 among the 403 activities related in the priority interventions and suggested by NIC had correspondence with 39 activities prescribed by nurses. In the third phase, the 08 interventions that were selected for analysis by nurses resulted in 165 (100.0%) activities. Among them, 45 (27.3%) were mapped with the correspondents indicated by nurses in the first phase. Among the 120 (100%) other activities that were analyzed regarding its performance or not, 83 (69.2%) were considered by the majority of nurses as performed, 36 (30.0%) as not performed and 1 (0.8%) was considered by half of the nurse as performed and by the other half as not performed. Summing up the activities of the first and third phases, the author obtained a total of 128 (77.6%) activities considered by the majority of nurses as performed. With respect to the percentage regarding the performance of these activities, it is important to mention the following results: Respiratory Monitoring (84.6%); Airway Suctioning (84.0%); Airway Management (80.0%); Airway Insertion and Stabilization (80.0%); Artificial Airway Management (80.0%); Chest Physiotherapy (76.9%); Ventilation Assistance (75.0%); Cough Enhancement (36.4%). The author concluded that there was few activities considered as not performed at PICU related to the intervention Cough Enhancement, however, the majority of NIC activities that were submitted to nurses´analysis are applicable at PICU

A Comparison of Nursing Interventions with Terminal Cancer Patients in a Hospice Unit and General Units / 성인간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to compare symptoms, medical therapies, and nursing interventions with terminal cancer patients during the last four weeks of their lives in a hospice unit and general units. METHOD: For the descriptive survey study, data were collected by reviewing the medical records of 243 patients who died of terminal cancer at K hospital in Seoul. The data was analyzed by using Chi-square test and t-test. RESULT: The study findings are summarized as follows: There were higher frequencies in physical symptoms of constipation, itching sensation, pain, sleeping disturbance, soreness and dysuria for those patients in the hospice unit than those patient in general units. All emotional symptoms were recorded significantly higher for those patients in the hospice unit than those in general units. Regarding the major medical interventions, pain management was used more significantly for those patients in the hospice unit, but antibiotic therapy and resuscitation were used more significantly for those patients in general units. CONCLUSION: The hospice unit provided more comprehensive nursing interventions including psychological, spiritual, and family cares as well as physiological care for terminal cancer patients. The facts showed that those patients who would need hospice care in general units should be referred to the hospice unit at an appropriate time.

Analysis of the Nursing Interventions performed by neurosurgery unit using NIC / 성인간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the selected nursing interventions and to describe the most common nursing interventions used by neurosurgery unit nurses. METHOD: The data was collected from 65 nurses of 5 general hospitals from Jan. 8, 2001 to Feb. 28, 2001. The instrument for this study was the Korean translation of 486 nursing intervention classifications, developed by MacClosky and Bluecheck in 2000. In the 486 nursing interventions 310 nursing interventions were selected, 8 from among the 10 professional nurses group in the neurosurgery care unit. The 310 nursing interventions were used in a secondary questionnaire. In the secondary questionnaire, all 310 intervention lables and definitions were listed. The data was analysed with SPSS program. RESULT: The results of this study are as follows. 1.The most frequently used nursing intervention domains were "physiological: complex", "physiological: basic", "Health system", "Behavior", "Safety", "Family". 2.Neurosurgery care unit core nursing interventions were performed several times a day by 50% or more of the Neurosurgery care unit. Neurosurgery core nursing intervention, 5 domain ("physiological: complex", "physiological: basic", "Health system", "Safety", "Behavior"), 16 class, 48 core nursing intervention. The most frequently used Neurosurgery core nursing interventions were Intravenous Therapy, Pressure ulcer prevention, Documentation, Airway suctioning, Medication: intravenous, Pain management, Medication: intramuscular, Shift report, Intravenous insertion, Positioning, Aspiration precaution, Pressure management, Physician support, Pressure ulcer care. 3.Compared with carrier and age of nurses, the more effective nursing interventions were "Family", Compared with the nursing place and the use of nursing interventions of nurses the most effective nursing interventions were "Health system" performed by nurse in university hospital. CONCLUSION: The purpose of this study was to analysis the nursing intervention performed by neurosurgery unit nurses. This study analyses nursing intervention and core nursing interventions performed by neurosurgery unit nurses. Basis on this study result, neurosurgery nursing interventions will be systematized, and progression of qualitative nursing, data of computerized nusing information system will be utilized.

A Comparison between Home Care Nursing Interventions for Hospice and General Patients / 간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to compare home care nursing intervention activities analyzed by the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) system for hospice and general patients. METHOD: For the descriptive survey study, data was collected by reviewing charts of 151 hospice patients and 421 general patients who registered in the department of home health care nursing at K Hospital. RESULTS: According to the NIC system application, there were 2380 total nursing interventions used for the hospice patients and 8725 for the general home care patients. For both sets of patients (hospice vs. general), the most frequently used nursing intervention in level 1 was the Physiological: Complex domain (40.13 vs. 31.06 percent), followed by the Safety domain; in level 2, the Risk Management class (28.4 vs. 27.70 percent), followed by Tissue Perfusion Management; and in level 3, Vital Sign Monitoring (6.18 vs. 4.84 percent), followed by Health Screening. CONCLUSION: The study showed that there was a lack of specialized hospice nursing interventions such as emotional, family and spiritual support, and care for dying hospice patients.

A Survey of the Nursing Interventions Performed by Pediatric Care Unit Nurses / 아동간호학회지

The purpose of this study was to identify nursing interventions performed by pediatric care unit nurses. For data collection this study used the taxonomy of Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC : 486 nursing intervention) which was modified by McCloskey & Bulecheck(2000). The 419 nursing interventions were selected by panel group, which consist of pediatric clinical experts and nursing scholars. The data were collected 104 nurses of pediatric care unit. There were 158 nursing interventions identified as being used at least monthly 50% or more of the nurses. The 32 nursing interventions were used at least daily, indication a set of core interventions unique to pediatric care unit practice. The most frequently used nursing interventions were 'Medication administration: intravenous' & 'Medication administration: oral'. The 27 nursing interventions were rarely performed by 90% or more of the nurses. The rarely used interventions were 'Ostomy care' & 'Rectal prolaps management'. The domain received the highest mean score was Health System, followed by Physiolocal: complex, Physiolocal: Basic, Safty, Community, Family, Behavior domain. These findings will help in building of a standardized language for the pediatric care units and enhance the quality of nursing care.

A Survey of the Nursing Interventions Performed by Pediatric Care Unit Nurses / 아동간호학회지

The purpose of this study was to identify nursing interventions performed by pediatric care unit nurses. For data collection this study used the taxonomy of Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC : 486 nursing intervention) which was modified by McCloskey & Bulecheck(2000). The 419 nursing interventions were selected by panel group, which consist of pediatric clinical experts and nursing scholars. The data were collected 104 nurses of pediatric care unit. There were 158 nursing interventions identified as being used at least monthly 50% or more of the nurses. The 32 nursing interventions were used at least daily, indication a set of core interventions unique to pediatric care unit practice. The most frequently used nursing interventions were 'Medication administration: intravenous' & 'Medication administration: oral'. The 27 nursing interventions were rarely performed by 90% or more of the nurses. The rarely used interventions were 'Ostomy care' & 'Rectal prolaps management'. The domain received the highest mean score was Health System, followed by Physiolocal: complex, Physiolocal: Basic, Safty, Community, Family, Behavior domain. These findings will help in building of a standardized language for the pediatric care units and enhance the quality of nursing care.

A Survey of the Nursing Interventions Performed by Neonatal Nursing Unit Nurses Using the NIC / 아동간호학회지

The purpose of this study was to identify nursing interventions performed by neonatal nursing unit nurses. For data collection this study used the taxonomy of Nursing Intervention Classification(NIC : 486 nursing intervention) which was modified by McCloskey & Bulecheck(2000). The new 58 nursing interventions was translated into Korean, and then modified by pannel group, which consist of clinical experts and nursing scholars and finally the 419 nursing interventions was selected. The data were collected from 112 nurses. 168 nursing interventions were performed at least monthly by 50% or more of the nurses. The high frequency of performed nursing interventions were Family domain. 37 nursing interventions were performed at least once a day. The nursing interventions receiving the highest item mean score were neonatal care, neonatal monitoring, phototherapy; neonate, bottle feeding and temperature regulation. 56 nursing interventions were rarely performed by 90% or more of the nurses. Most of them were in the behavioral domain. The rarely used interventions were urinary bladder training, art therapy, religious addiction prevention, religious ritual enhancement and bladder irrigation. Therefore, neonatal nursing units nurses used interventions in the Physiological: basic domain most often on a daily basis and the interventions in the behavioral domain least often. These findings will help in building of a standardized language for the neonatal nursing units and enhance the quality of nursing care. Further study will be needed to classify each intervention class and nursing activity and validate NIC in pediatric care unit.

Analysis of the Nursing Interventions Performed by Home Health Care Nurses in a Hospital: An Application of NIC / 성인간호학회지

The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of the clients registered in the department of home health care nursing in a hospital and to analyze nursing intervention activities recorded in charts by application of Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) system. For the descriptive survey study, data were collected by reviewing charts of 572 home health care clients between May, 1997 and July, 2000 at K hospital in Seoul. The average age of the clients was 66 years and the number of clients in their 70s ranked first with 28.2 percent(158 people). The mean length of home care service was 47 days with the highest frequency of less than four weeks (56 %). With regard to medical diagnosis, cancer showed the highest frequency (48%, 271 people), followed by cerebrovascular disease (19%), and pulmonary disease (6.9%). According to analysis of nursing interventions by the NIC system, the most frequently used nursing interventions in level 1 were interventions in the Physiological: Complex domain which were used 3,663 times (33%) among 11,107 total interventions. The Safety domain was the second most frequently used intervention, followed by the Physiological: Basic, and the Behavioral domains. In level 2, the Risk Management class was the most frequently used interventions with 3,108 interventions (27.9%), followed by Drug Management, and Tissue Perfusion Management classes. In level 3 interventions, Vital Sign Monitoring was the most frequently used intervention, 569 times (5.1%), followed by Health Screening, and Neurological Monitoring interventions. In sum, half of the clients in the study had cancer and were in their 70s. The most frequent reason for ending home care was death (40%), followed by readmission (28%). These findings represent clients with severe conditions referred to the home care nursing department as it was a University teaching hospital. Further research on analyzing nursing interventions performed in each institution needs to be conducted to develop a standardized list of nursing interventions to use in home health care settings.

Development of Nursing Intervention List: Caregiver Support - Soobal / 간호학회지

The purpose of this research was to develop a nursing intervention list for family caregivers. The specific steps were as follows: 1. Analyze the concept, Soobal, based on literature review and case observation. 2. Generate an initial list of defining activities for 'Caregiver Support : Soobal'. 3. Validate the defining activities. 4. Complete the final list of defining activities. A two-round Delphi questionnaire with an adaptation of Fehring's methodology was used to establish the content validity of intervention, Caregiver Support : Soobal. The definition of 'Caregiver Support : Soobal' was provision of the necessary information advocacy, and support to facilitate primary patient care by someone other than a health care professional in Korean traditional manners. Ten nurse experts participated in Round I and II of this study. They were asked to rate activities that exemplified the interventions on a scale of 1(activity is not all characteristic) to 515 'critical' activities and 10 'supporting' activities, while round II contained 16 'critical' activities and 6 'supporting' activities. No activities were considered to be 'nonsupporting' in both round I and II. Finally, the definition and 25 defining activities were developed. Intervention, Caregiver Support : Soobal, attained an ICV score of .82. This study provides a protocol model to develop Korean nursing interventions.

Analysis of the Nursing Interventions done by MICU and SICU nurses using NIC / 간호학회지

The purpose of this research was to identify nursing interventions performed by MICU and SICU nurses. For data collection this study used the taxonomy of the Nursing Interventions Classification(NIC: 433 nursing interventions) which was modified by McCloskey and Bulecheck(1996). Each of the 433 interventions were identified as used by MICU and SICU nurses. More than 50% of the ICU nurses performed 280 nursing interventions at least monthly. Rarely used interventions included 26 nursing interventions in the childbearing care class. Overall, both MICU and SICU nurses used interventions in the Physicological : Complex domain most often on a daily basis and the interventions in the Family domain least often. The most frequently reported interventions as being used daily in the MICU were chest physioterapy, airway suctioning and coughing enhancement and, in the SICU, documentation and airway suctioning. There were significant differences between MICU and SICU nurses differences interventions childbearing care, cognitive therapy, communication enhancement, coping assistance, elimination management, lifespan care, health system mediation, immobility management, medication management, neurologic management, patient education psychological comfort promotion, physical comfort program, respiratory management, risk management and information management. The SICU nurses performed there interventions more frequently than the MICU nurses. These findings will help in building of a standardized language for the MICU and SICU and enhance the quality of nursing care.