A Study on Behavior Health Care Competency between Psychiatric Ward Nurse and General ward Nurse

Abstract

This study is a cross sectional, descriptive research that utilized the Korean version of the BHCC (Behavior Health Care Competency) measurement tools to compare and contrast the BHCC level between nurses stationed in psychiatric and general ward departments. The research subjects were selected from 6 hospitals that have at least 300 beds located in Seoul city and Gyeonggi Province. There were a total of 190 nurses, consisting of 90 nurses from the psychiatric ward department and 100 nurses from the general ward department. The comparison demonstrated that nurses from psychiatric ward department showed a higher BHCC compared to general department nurses in most items. In the case of psychiatric ward nurses, compared to general ward nurses, the assessment was 5.29 times higher, the intervention was 6.06 times higher and the proper use of resources was 2.63 times higher. On the other hand, the treatment recommendation had no influence. Accordingly, education and training for general ward nurses should be improved and hospital administrators should pay more attention in conducting the BHCC education for the general ward nurses and on fostering education experts to develop related programs.

Care Burden for Mental Illness Patients, Attitude toward Mental Illness and Psychiatric Nursing Competency in Non-psychiatric Nurses

“…정신간호역량은 가장 일반적인 간호과정의 전통적인 틀로서 정신적인 문제를 사정하고 중재 하며 자원을 활용하는 등의 일련의 과정을 수행할 수 있는 능력 을 말한다 [21]. 정신간호역량은 일반병동 간호사와 정신과병 동 간호사의 정신간호역량에 대한 정도의 차이는 있을 수 있으 나 [22], 이에 따른 구별을 위한 개념적 연구 또한 이루어지지 않 았다. 이러한 정신간호역량은 국외에서는 일반병동 간호사를 대상으로 간호 과정을 적용한 정신간호역량 도구가 개발 [21] 되어 병동별로 정신간호역량을 비교한 연구 [9]…”