The job analysis of Korean nurses as a strategy to improve the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed at characterizing Korean nurses' occupational responsibilities to apply the results for improvement of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination.


METHODS
First, the contents of nursing job were defined based on a focus group interview of 15 nurses. Developing a Curriculum (DACOM) method was used to examine those results and produce the questionnaire by 13 experts. After that, the questionnaire survey to 5,065 hospital nurses was done.


RESULTS
The occupational responsibilities of nurses were characterized as involving 8 duties, 49 tasks, and 303 task elements. Those 8 duties are nursing management and professional development, safety and infection control, the management of potential risk factors, basic nursing and caring, the maintenance of physiological integrity, medication and parenteral treatments, socio-psychological integrity, and the maintenance and improvement of health.


CONCLUSIONS
The content of Korean Nursing Licensing Examination should be improved based on 8 duties and 49 tasks of the occupational responsibilities of Korean nurses.
College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
In Sook
0000-0002-4454-3918
IS
Park
Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
Yeon Ok
0000-0001-6273-6652
YO
Suh
Department of Nursing, Dongyang University, Yeongju, Korea.
Hae Sook
0000-0001-9932-626X
HS
Park
Division of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.
Soo Yeon
0000-0003-4428-4175
SY
Ahn
College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan, Korea.
So Young
0000-0003-1352-5685
SY
Kang
College of Nursing, Yeonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Il Sun
0000-0003-3671-4833
IS
Ko
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014937:Work
Curriculum; Focus groups; Job description; Korea; Nursing licensure