Medico-Legal Update

Bo-Yun Huh ¹, Jae-Woo Oh ¹, Mi-Ran Kim ¹

Affiliations
1 Professor, Department of Nursing, Konyang University, KR

Abstract

Background/Objectives: This study was conducted for the nursing students with the experience of pediatric ward clinical practice to grasp the degree of the quality of children and families-centered nursing and further to provide the basic data which can improve the quality of nursing by evaluating the empathy of nurses and the content of the quality of children and families-centered nursing which was performed in the ward where children were hospitalized perceived. This study is a descriptive survey study for identifying the empathy of nurses and the degree of the quality of nursing provided to hospitalized children perceived by nursing students.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: The subjects of this study were 119 nursing students in the 3rd and 4th grade with an experience of pediatric ward clinical practice among the students in nursing department of the university located at M city. Data was collected from Oct 15, 2017 to Oct 30, 2017. The SPSS 21.0 Program was used in data analysis.

Findings: As a Result, the difference in the empathy of nurses and the quality of nursing provided to hospitalized children according to the general characteristics of the subjects had a statistically significant difference in the empathy and clinical practice period of nurses(p=.009), the performance in the quality of nursing, and clinical practice period(p=.042).

Improvements/Applications: In conclusion, it is thought that it is necessary to review the clinical practice period.

Keywords

Empathy, Quality of Nursing, Hospitalized Children, Nursing Students, Clinical Practice

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So-Ja Jeon ¹, Jae-Woo Oh ²

Affiliations
1 Professor, Department of Nursing, Chungbuk Health & Science University, KR
2 Professor, Department of Nursing, Konyang University, KR

Abstract

Background/Objectives: This study was conducted to present the basic data for developing education programs for nursing students through correlation research between the awareness and knowledge of child abuse and the attitude toward child corporal punishment for nursing students, and to contribute to the development of customized education programs by grade. Methods/Statistical analysis: The subjects of this study were 200 nursing students in first and second grade of a university located in D city. Data collection was conducted from Oct 1 to Oct 30, 2018.With the collected data, using SPSS Program. Findings: As a result, the awareness of child abuse had a statistically significant difference in grade, completion of child abuse prevention education, and completion of education related to child abuse after entrance. Improvements/Applications: In conclusion, in order to increase the awareness and knowledge of child abuse of nursing students and to cultivate their attitude toward child corporal punishment which is unallowable, it is thought that the indirect experience through the curriculum and non-curriculum of child nursing science of department of nursing will be helpful.

Keywords

Child Abuse, Awareness, Knowledge, Nursing Students, Child Corporal Punishment

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