J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2015 Sep;21(4):341-353. 10.11111/jkana.2015.21.4.341.

Analysis of the Job of Nurses Working on Oriental Medicine Wards

• Kim MJ
• Kim MH
• Jeong HS
• Kim YS

• KMID: 2069556
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2015.21.4.341

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify nurse's role through job analysis of nursing duties for nurses working on East Asia traditional medicine wards.
METHODS
Major steps in the study included a literature review, description of job activities of nurses on oriental medicine wards, comparative description of the literature, expert tests of validity of derived duties and tasks, and investigation of importance, difficulty and frequency of duties on job list.
RESULTS
The job of nurses on oriental medicine wards was classified into 12 duties, 59 tasks, and 295 task elements. The 12 duties were nursing assessment, nursing diagnosis, nursing planning, nursing implementation, nursing evaluation, supplies management, management of human resources, management of environment, management of documents, formation of cooperative relationships, self-development, and nursing activity in oriental medicine. 'Formation of cooperative relationships' was the duty ranked highest for importance (4.34), 'self-development' was ranked highest for difficulty (3.47), and 'Formation of cooperative relationships' was ranked highest for frequency (4.21).
CONCLUSION
Basic education for nurses on an oriental medicine unit is necessary for the performance of oriental nursing to be considered as a specialized field. This study contributes to human resource management in the oriental medical hospital.

Keyword

East Asian traditional medicine; Nurses; Task performance and analysis; Job description; Nurse's role

MeSH Terms

Education
Equipment and Supplies
Far East
Humans
Job Description
Medicine, East Asian Traditional*
Medicine, Traditional
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Nursing Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis
Task Performance and Analysis