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Lee, Kim, Shim, Choi, and Yu: Development of Hospital Nurses' Job Description based on DACUM Method: Focusing on General Ward and Intensive Care Unit
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2017; 23(5): 535-547.

Published online: 31 December 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2017.23.5.535

Development of Hospital Nurses' Job Description based on DACUM Method: Focusing on General Ward and Intensive Care Unit

Sun Mi Lee1, Yeon Hee Kim1, Yu Mi Shim1, Jin Sun Choi1, Mi Yu2

1Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Yu, Mi. College of Nursing, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, 816-15 Jinju-daero, Jinju 52727, Korea. Tel: +82-55-772-8229, Fax: +82-55-772-8222, yumi825@gnu.ac.kr

Received 13 November 2017       Revised 18 December 2017       Accepted 25 December 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

This study was done to clarify nurses' duties, tasks and task elements and to develop a job description for clinical nurses on general and intensive care units in tertiary-level hospitals, and dramatically reflect changing medical trends in Korea.

Methods

The job description was developed based on the Developing a Curriculum Method (DACUM). The questionnaire included frequency, importance, and difficulty of duties, tasks and task elements, measured on a 4-point scale. Results were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Data were collected from September 4 to 7, 2017, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and a scattered graph.

Results

The job description consisted of 10 duties, 38 tasks, and 51 elements. Of the 10 duties, the highest duty in order of importance was ‘Direct nursing care’ followed by ‘Infection control’. The highest duties according to frequency and difficulty were ‘Document and notify’ and ‘Research and quality improvement’. ‘Safety management’ and ‘Infection control’ were considered as relatively simple duties, however, these two duties were still included as important jobs for clinical nurses.

Conclusion

The job descriptions for clinical nurses developed from this study contain nursing ethics and safety as well as infection control, to faithfully reflect clinical nurses' jobs.

Keywords: Analysis, Hospital, Job description, Nurses, Work

Figures and Tables

Figure 1

Degree of importance and frequency of hospital's nurses.

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Table 1

General Characteristics of the Participants (N=309)

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Table 2

Degree of the Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Duties (N=309)

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Scale score: 0 (never important, never, never difficult) ~ 3 (very important, usually, very difficult).

Table 3

Comparison of Adult Unit with Pediatric Unit Nurses on Importance and Frequency (N=309)

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AU=Adult unit (N=273); PU=Pediatric unit (N=36).

Table 4

Comparison General Ward with ICU Nurses' Importance, Frequency, Difficulty of Direct Nursing Care (N=309)

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GW=General ward (N=250), ICU=Intensive care unit (N=59).

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