Jiyeon Kang

Publications (3)0.35 Total impact

• Article: [Hospital nurses' knowledge and compliance on multidrug-resistant organism infection control guideline].

  Jiyeon Kang, Jinwan Cho, Yujung Kim, Dong Hee Kim, Jiyoung Lee, Hey Kyung Park, Sung Hee Jung, Eun Nam Lee
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  ABSTRACT: This study was done to investigate nurses' knowledge of, and compliance with the multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection control guidelines. A survey questionnaire was developed based on the institutional and national guidelines and was administered to a convenience sample of 306 nurses in a university hospital. The mean score for knowledge was 33.87 (percentage of correct answers: 82.61%). The percentages of correct answers for basic concepts, route of transmission, hand washing/protective devices and environment management were 74.27%, 94.29%, 92.90% and 75.54% respectively. The mean compliance score was 4.15 (range: 1-5). The compliance scores for education, communication, contact precaution, disinfection, surveillance culture, and hand washing were 3.29, 4.05, 4.20, 4.50, 4.40 and 4.48 respectively. Nurses indicated "lack of time (30.06%)", "lack of means (10.78%)" and "lack of knowledge (9.48%)" as reasons for noncompliance. While most educational programs have focused on hand washing or use of protective devices to prevent transmission of MDRO in acute care settings, hospital nurses' knowledge of the basic concepts of MDRO and environmental management has remained insufficient. Nurses are relatively non-compliant to the guidelines in the areas of education (staff, patient, family) and communication. Comprehensive educational programs are needed to decrease hospital infection rates and to improve the health of patients.
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 05/2009; 39(2):186-97. · 0.35 Impact Factor
• Article: [A preliminary survey of nurses' understanding of delirium and their need for delirium education - in a university hospital -].

  Young Sook Park, Keum-soon Kim, Kyung-ja Song, Jiyeon Kang
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  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this survey was to investigate clinical nurses' understanding of delirium and their educational need of delirious patient care. A survey questionnaire regarding nurses' general perception and understanding of delirium, experience with delirious patients and educational need was developed and conducted with 179 clinical nurses in a university hospital in Seoul. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Nurses thought that delirium was one of the most important nursing problems and they considered it to be more treatable than to be preventable. However, the majority of nurses were not confident in caring for delirious patients. Nurses reported that delirium happened most often after surgery, and that possible contributing factors could be changes in physical environment and anxiety/stress, as well as medication and long-term isolation. Thirteen nursing interventions were identified but half of the nurses utilized only one or two of the thirteen. The most frequently used intervention was reorienting the patient followed by medication and emotional support, presenting family, and close observation. 99.5% of nurses addressed the importance of professional education on delirium care, especially in the area of intervention and management. The results support the strong need for development of a multi-component educational program on delirium care.
  Taehan Kanho Hakhoe chi 01/2007; 36(7):1183-92.
• Article: [Effects of constraint-induced movement using self-efficacy enhancing strategies on the upper extremity function of chronic hemiplegic patients].

  Jiyeon Kang
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  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of constraint-induced (CI) movement using self-efficacy on U/E function of chronic hemiplegic patients. CI movement discourages the use of the unaffected U/E, combined with intensive training of the affected U/E. A non-equivalent pretest-posttest design was used. Study subjects were 40 hemiplegic patients selected from 2 different community health centers. The experimental subjects participated in the CI movement program for 6 hours daily over a period of two weeks. The exercises for affected U/E consisted of warming up, main exercise and ADL practice. To encourage the participants' behaviors self-efficacy enhancing strategies were used, which included performance accomplishment, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion and emotional arousal. After 2 weeks of treatment, the grip power, pinch power, wrist flexion/extension, elbow flexion, and shoulder flexion/extension were significantly higher in the experimental subjects than in the control subjects. However, there was no significant difference in hand functions of the two groups. The above results show that the constraint-induced movement using self-efficacy could be an effective nursing intervention for improving U/E function of chronic hemiplegic patients. Long term studies are needed to determine the lasting effects of constraint-induced movement.
  Taehan Kanho Hakhoe chi 05/2006; 36(2):403-14.