J Educ Eval Health Prof.  2016;13:24. 10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.24.

The job analysis of Korean nurses as a strategy to improve the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination

• Park IS
• Suh YO
• Park HS
• Ahn SY
• Kang SY
• Ko IS

• KMID: 2413773
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.24

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed at characterizing Korean nurses' occupational responsibilities to apply the results for improvement of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination.
METHODS
First, the contents of nursing job were defined based on a focus group interview of 15 nurses. Developing a Curriculum (DACOM) method was used to examine those results and produce the questionnaire by 13 experts. After that, the questionnaire survey to 5,065 hospital nurses was done.
RESULTS
The occupational responsibilities of nurses were characterized as involving 8 duties, 49 tasks, and 303 task elements. Those 8 duties are nursing management and professional development, safety and infection control, the management of potential risk factors, basic nursing and caring, the maintenance of physiological integrity, medication and parenteral treatments, socio-psychological integrity, and the maintenance and improvement of health.
CONCLUSION
The content of Korean Nursing Licensing Examination should be improved based on 8 duties and 49 tasks of the occupational responsibilities of Korean nurses.

Keyword

Curriculum; Focus groups; Job description; Korea; Nursing licensure

MeSH Terms

Curriculum
Focus Groups
Infection Control
Job Description
Korea
Licensure*
Licensure, Nursing
Methods
Nursing*
Risk Factors

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  Fig. 1. Procedure of developing survey questionnaires to assess nurses’ jobs. NCLEX-RN, National Council Licensure Examination-Registered Nurse; DACUM, developing a curriculum.

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