Analysis of Theory-applied Research in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (2007~2016)

Hyunju Ji; Soyun Hong; Yi-Rang Jeong; Kyung Hee Lee

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Ji, Hong, Jeong, and Lee: Analysis of Theory-applied Research in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (2007~2016)

Original Article

J Korean Acad Nurs Adm 2018;24(2):130-138.

Published online: 17 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2018.24.2.130

Analysis of Theory-applied Research in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (2007~2016)

Hyunju Ji¹, Soyun Hong², Yi-Rang Jeong^3,, Kyung Hee Lee⁴

¹Severance Hospital ․ Graduate School, Yonsei University

²Graduate School, Yonsei University

³Samsung Medical Center ․ Graduate School, Yonsei University

⁴College of Nursing ․ Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University

Corresponding author: Jeong, Yi-Rang, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2228-3237, Fax: +82-2-393-2808, E-mail: neatian@daum.net

Received 26 October 2017 Revised 23 January 2018 Accepted 14 February 2018

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose:

This study was done to analyze the trend of theory application in articles published in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (JKANA) over the last 10 years.

Methods:

Four hundred and eighty-five articles were reviewed to determine the scope of theory-applied research. General characteristics, study design and keywords classification by nursing meta-paradigm were analyzed using established analysis framework.

Results:

Twenty-four articles (4.9%) were identified as theory-applied research publications. More than half of the articles (54.2%) stated that a theoretical framework was used; the number of theories used in the 24 articles was 27 including nine nursing theories. The majority of the studies were conducted in hospital settings. In the keyword classification by nursing meta-paradigm, 28 environment-related keywords were identified but only 7 keywords were related to health.

Conclusion:

The results show that theory application in Korean nursing administration research is very limited. It is necessary to create a positive educational environment for graduate students to learn about nursing theories as well as theories from other disciplines. In addition, different levels of nursing theories should be continuously developed in the field of nursing administration.

Keywords: Nursing research, Nursing theory, Nursing administration research

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Table 1.

General Characteristics of Theories Used in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (JKANA) Last 10 Years (N=24)

Characteristics	Categories	n(%)
Presence of theoretical framework	Yes	13(54.2)
	No	11(45.8)
Number of theories used in a study	2	3 (12.5)
	1	21(87.5)
Discipline of theory*	Nursing	9 (33.3)
	Sociology	5 (18.5)
	Management	3 (11.1)
	Education	3 (11.1)
	Psychology	3 (11.1)
	Public health	2 (7.4)
	Economics	1 (3.7)
	Medicine	1 (3.7)

*Multiple responses.

Table 2.

Descriptive Summary of Studies Guided by Theories

No	Author, year	Theory name	Theorist	Scope of theory	Discipline	Study design	Sample (n)	Setting
1	JaeKal et al., 2007	Expectancy theory	Seo YJ	-	Public health	Correlational	989	Hospital
2	Kim, 2007	(1) Self-efficacy theory (2) Health promotion theory	(1) Bandura AA (2) Pender NJ	(1) – (2) Middle range	(1) Psychology (2) Nursing	Quasi-experimental	38	Hospital +Community
3	Lim et al., 2008	Job characteristics theory	Hackman JR et al.	-	Management	Correlational	237	Hospital
4	Kang et al., 2008	Clinical career development model	Jang KS	Practice	Nursing	Methodological	301	Hospital
5	Jang, 2009	Web-based learning process model	Jung IS	-	Education	Quasi-experimental	97	School
6	Ha et al, 2010	Clinical career development model	Jang KS	Practice	Nursing	Correlational	368	Hospital
7	Lee, 2011	Process theory	Rossi PH	-	Sociology	Descriptive	-	Community
8	Chae et al., 2012	Ecological model	McLeoroy KR et al.	-	Public health	Descriptive	327	Hospital
9	Park et al., 2012	FOCUS-PDCA	The Hospital Corporation of America	-	Management	Descriptive	157	Others
10	Hong, 2013	Health belief model	Rosenstock IM	-	Psychology	Correlational	600	Community
11	Park, 2013	ACE Star model	Stevens KR	Practice	Nursing	Quasi-experimental	65	School
12	Nam et al., 2013	JHNEBP model	Dearholt SL et al.	Practice	Nursing	Methodological	9	Hospital
13	Jang et al., 2013	Conceptual model of an action research thesis	Zuber-Skerritt O et al.	-	Education	Mixed	64	Hospital
14	Song et al., 2013	Economic evaluation model	Drummond MF et al.	-	Economics	Descriptive	60	Hospital +Community
15	Park et al., 2013	Clinical career development model	Jang KS	Practice	Nursing	Methodological	80	Hospital
16	Kim, 2014	(1) Ford, Trygstad-Durland & Nelms's decision model (2) Aless & Trollip model	(1) Ford JAG et al. (2) Alessi SM et al.	(1) Practice (2) -	(1) Nursing (2) Education	Methodological	40	Hospital +School
17	Part et al., 2014	Clinical career development model	Jang KS	Practice	Nursing	Descriptive	501	Hospital
18	Jeon et al., 2014	(1) The study of turnover (2) A casual model of turnover for nurses	(1) Price JL (2) Price JL et al.	(1) – (2) –	(1) Sociology (2) Sociology	Correlational	224	Hospital
19	Lee at al., 2015	Job embeddedness theory	Mitchell TR et al.	-	Management	Correlational	283	Hospital
20	Kang et al., 2016	The Marquis-Huston critical thinking teaching model	Marquis BL et al.	Middle range	Nursing	Correlational	57	School
21	Park et al., 2016	Theory of planned behavior	Ajzen I	-	Psychology	Correlational	111	Hospital
22	Yoo et al., 2016	A causal model of turnover for nurses	Price JL et al.	-	Sociology	Correlational	389	Hospital
23	Yom et al., 2016	Andersen's behavioral model	Andersen RM	-	Sociology	Correlational	173	Community
24	Hyun et al., 2016	SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)	Leonard M	-	Medicine	Quasi-experimental	145	Hospital

FOCUS-PDCA=Find·organize·clarify·understand·select-plan·do·check·act; ACE=Academic center for evidence-based practice; JHNEBP=Johns hopkins nursing evidence-based practice.

Table 3.

Keyword Classification by Nursing Meta-paradigm

Variables	Categories	n (%)
Human being*	Total	24 (100.0)
	Nurse	15 (62.5)
	Student	4 (16.7)
	Patient	2 (8.3)
	Healthy people	2 (8.3)
	Pregnant woman	1 (4.2)
Health*	Total	7 (100.0)
	Health promotion	3 (42.9)
	Physical health	2 (28.6)
	Health service	2 (28.6)
Environment*	Total	28 (100.0)
	Hospital	18 (64.3)
	Community	6 (21.4)
	School	4 (14.3)
Nursing*	Total	22 (100.0)
	Nursing administration	13 (59.1)
	Quality improvement	4 (18.2)
	Education	3 (13.6)
	Fundamental nursing	1 (4.5)
	Nursing research	1 (4.5)

*Multiple responses.

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