Chung-Ang University College of Nursing, Seoul, South Korea.
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Nurs Open. 2024 Sep;11(9):e70040. doi: 10.1002/nop2.70040.
A rigorous examination of the occupational features across cultures helps draw policy recommendations for nurses' quality care practices and good health. This study aimed to explore the differences in work characteristics and health status between Korean and US hospital nurses.
For this comparative secondary data analysis study, we constructed a dataset with 304 pairs of nurses from Korea and the United States, matched by age and gender.
We used the data from the 2020 Korean Hospital Nurses Health Behaviors and Health Status study, collected from May to July 2020, and the Nurse Worklife and Wellness Study (NWWS), conducted between November 2020 and February 2021.
Compared to nurses in the United States, Korean nurses rated their job-related conditions much lower, had lower intentions to stay in their current workplace and were less satisfied with their jobs. Korean nurses reported that organizational support and employee health resources were less prevalent and their levels of healthy behaviour practice and health status were lower than their US counterparts. Nurses in Korea require better practice environments and employee health support. Adequate workload and staffing levels are needed to improve job conditions for Korean nurses. Organizational support and employee health resources should always be accessible at nurses' workplaces.
通过严格审查跨文化的职业特征，为护士提供优质护理实践和健康的良好建议。本研究旨在探讨韩国和美国医院护士的工作特征和健康状况差异。
本研究为比较性二次数据分析研究，通过年龄和性别匹配，构建了一个由来自韩国和美国的 304 对护士组成的数据集。
我们使用了 2020 年 5 月至 7 月收集的韩国医院护士健康行为和健康状况研究以及 2020 年 11 月至 2021 年 2 月进行的护士工作生活和健康研究（NWWS）的数据。
与美国护士相比，韩国护士对工作相关条件的评价要低得多，留在当前工作场所的意愿较低，对工作的满意度也较低。韩国护士报告称，组织支持和员工健康资源的普及程度较低，他们的健康行为实践水平和健康状况低于美国同行。韩国护士需要更好的实践环境和员工健康支持。需要足够的工作量和人员配备水平来改善韩国护士的工作条件。应始终在护士工作场所提供组织支持和员工健康资源。
