Young-Mee Lee

Organizational Commitment and Its Related Factor among Medium Hospitals of Nurses

This study intends to investigate the organizational commitment and Its related factors among medium hospital of nurses. The collected data were analyzed descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe`s test, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using SPSS 19.0 Program. The score of level of organizational commitment was statistically significant difference according to working period, marital state, monthly income, personality, night-duty. The score of organizational commitment level correlated positively with job satisfaction and burnout. Stepwise multiple regression analysis for organizational commitment level revealed that the most powerful predictor was burnout, job satisfaction and night-duty explained 49.5% of the variance. Therefore, It suggested that goal of increasing nurses` organizational commitment in hospital should be helped them raise job satisfaction and decrease nurses` burnout and night duty.

[Effects of self-foot reflexology on stress, fatigue, skin temperature and immune response in female undergraduate students].

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of self-foot reflexology on stress (perceived stress, urine cortisol level, and serum cortisol level), fatigue, skin temperature and immune response in female undergraduate students. METHODS The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-post test design. Participants were 60 university students: 30 in the experiment group and 30 in the control group. The period of this study was from April to June 2010. The program was performed for 1 hr a session, three times a week for 6 weeks. The data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 17.0 program. RESULTS The results showed that self-foot reflexology was effective in reducing perceived stress and fatigue, and raised skin temperature in female undergraduate students. But cortisol levels and immune response were not statistically significant different. CONCLUSION The results of this study indicate that self-foot reflexology is an effective nursing intervention in reducing perceived stress and fatigue and, in improving skin temperature. Therefore, it is recommended that this be used in clinical practice as an effective nursing intervention for in female undergraduate students.

Relationships among Health behavior, Social Support, Behavior Pattern, and Self-Efficacy of Hospital Nurses

Abstract This study intends to investigate the health behavior, self-efficacy, behavior pattern and social support among hospital of nurses, to provide the basic data for self-efficacy promoting program and social support promoting program. The self-administered questionnaires were given to 202 nurses employed in hospital during the period from June 10 to June 26, 2011. As a results, the score of level of self-efficacy was statistically significant difference according to educational status, working period, marital state, place of duty, religion, night-duty, distribution of household labor, exercise and stress management. The score of level of social support was statistically significant difference according to place of duty, religion and distribution of household labor, alcohol drinking, smoking, and stress management. But the score of level of behavior pattern was not statistically significant difference according to self-efficacy and social support. In correlation, the score of self-efficacy level correlated positively with social support and not with behavior pattern.

Safety-practice and Its Related Factors among Elementary students in a rural area

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Safety-practice and Its Related Factors among Elementary students in rural area, to provide the basic data for prevention for safety accident occurrence in order to improve the QOL. Methods: The subjects of this study were 549 elementary students using self-report questionnaires. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe`s test, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS 12.0 Program. Results: The mean score for level of the safety awareness was 3.55() and of the safety practice, 2.98(). The score of Safety-practice was statistically significant difference according to students` gender(p