Development of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing practice in Korea, 1980-2000.
OBJECTIVE
Although the need for mental health services for children and youth is on the rise in Korea, there are no data available regarding the current status of psychiatric nurses working with children and adolescents.


METHODS
Descriptive statistics were used to analyze questionnaires from 324 respondents.


RESULTS
Only 5% of psychiatric nurses in Korea are working at child and adolescent-specific programs. The level of nurses' roles and functions vary from simple to specialized.


CONCLUSIONS
More effort should be put into networking among nurses to exchange updated information and to share nursing strategies and strengthen college education for further specialization and expansion of nursing roles in the various settings.
Im
Sook-Bin
SB
Eulji University, School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. imsb@emc.eulji.ac.kr
Kim
Jung-Lim
JL
Ju
Se-Jin
SJ
Kwon
Mi-Kyung
MK
Kim
Ju-Hee
JH
Kwon
Ji-Hyang
JH
Lee
So-Woo
SW
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002321:Career Choice; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015399:Nursing Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution