Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.
College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, 26, Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 17;18(6):3072. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063072.
The Korean government is activating an integrated nurse care service, in which all inpatient care services are provided by a proper nursing team without a caregiver or a guardian staying at the hospital. This study was to examine the influence of empathy and self-efficacy on the elderly nursing practice of nurses at integrated nurse care service wards in South Korea. A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed. Participants included 238 nurses who were working at integrated nurse care service wards in hospitals in Seoul, South Korea. Measures were a general characteristics form, the Empathy Construct Rating Scale, the Korean Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Korean Elderly Nursing Practice Scale. Data were collected from February to May 2017. The findings show a slightly higher level of empathy; an almost intermediate level of self-efficacy; and a high level of elderly nursing practice in Korean nurses at integrated nurse care service wards. The only factor found to impact significantly on elderly nursing practice was empathy. The findings suggest that nurses need to enhance empathy toward the elderly to improve elderly nursing practice. It is necessary to provide strategies or interventions in the nursing management for improvement of the empathy of nurses at integrated nurse care service wards in South Korea.
韩国政府正在启动一项综合护士护理服务，其中所有住院护理服务都由适当的护理团队提供，而不需要护理人员或监护人留在医院。本研究旨在探讨同理心和自我效能感对韩国综合护士护理服务病房护士老年护理实践的影响。采用横断面描述性设计。参与者包括韩国首尔医院综合护士护理服务病房的 238 名护士。测量工具包括一般特征表、同理心量表、韩国自我效能感量表和韩国老年护理实践量表。数据收集于 2017 年 2 月至 5 月。结果显示，韩国综合护士护理服务病房护士的同理心水平略高；自我效能感水平接近中等；老年护理实践水平较高。唯一对老年护理实践有显著影响的因素是同理心。研究结果表明，护士需要增强对老年人的同理心，以提高老年护理实践水平。有必要在护理管理中提供策略或干预措施，以提高韩国综合护士护理服务病房护士的同理心。
