The Effects of a Tripod Approach for Cancer Patients on Illness Stress, Health-Promoting Lifestyle, Hope, and Resilience.

Background: Health-related exercise and education program for cancer patients are necessary to provide physical and emotional support to enable efficient and appropriate self-management at home.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of a tripod approach including physical exercise, education, and emotional support program on illness stress, health promotion lifestyle, hope, and resilience in cancer patients.

Interventions/methods: This was a quasi-experimental repeated-measures study using a pre-post design with a nonhomogeneous control group.

[Validity and Reliability of the Clinical Teaching Behavior Inventory (CTBI) for Nurse Preceptors in Korea].

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Clinical Teaching Behavior Inventory (CTBI).

Methods: The English CTBI-23 was translated into Korean with forward and backward translation. Survey data were collected from 280 nurses' preceptors at five acute-care hospitals in Korea.

[Path analysis of the Influence of Hospital Ethical Climate Perceived by Nurses on Supervisor Trust and Organizational Effectiveness].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the paths of influence that a hospital's ethical climate exerts on nurses' organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior, with supervisor trust as the mediating factor, and verify compatibility of the models in hospital nurses.

Methods: The sample consisted of 374 nurses recruited from four hospitals in 3 cities in Korea. The measurements included the Ethical Climate Questionnaire, Supervisor Trust Questionnaire, Organizational Commitment Questionnaire and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire.

[Effects of an elder health promotion program using the strategy of elder health leader training in senior citizen halls].

Purpose: This study was conducted to develop and test the effects of an elder health promotion program and apply strategies for elder health leader training sessions with elders at senior citizen halls.

Methods: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Participants were 49 elders at a senior citizen hall (intervention: 27, control: 22).

[Analysis of nursing-related content portrayed in middle and high school textbooks under the national common basic curriculum in Korea].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze nursing-related content in middle, and high school textbooks under the National Common Basic Curriculum in Korea.

Methods: Nursing-related content from 43 middle school textbooks and 13 high school textbooks was analyzed.

Results: There were 28 items of nursing-related content in the selected textbooks.

Computerized tailoring of health information.

Computer technology today has expanded the capacity to tailor health information to effectively meet individual healthcare needs. Healthcare professionals need to understand how available computer technologies can assist their practice. This article (1) clarifies the concept of tailoring among similar terms, including targeting, personalizing, and customizing, (2) gives an overview of current literature on the use of computerized tailoring, and (3) provides a model of computerized tailoring through three phases of preparation, adaptation, and integration.

[Accuracy of references in eight nursing journals in Korea].

Purpose: This study was to investigate the reference accuracy in major nursing journals in Korea.

Methods: The references in articles from eight nursing journals from 2006 were compared with PubMed for authors, year, title, journal, volume, and page accuracy. Four hundred sixty-six references were reviewed.

[Analysis of research papers published in the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing].

Purpose: This study was to determine the current trend of nursing research as exploring both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and to provide the explicit direction to improve the quality of published papers.

Methods: Total of 366 articles published between 2004 and 2006 was reviewed using the criteria of analysis.

Results: There was more number of quantitative studies than qualitative studies.

[Developmental direction for review system of the journal of korean academy of nursing].

Purpose: This study was performed to identify current characteristics of the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing and to explore a way to elevate it to an international level and to critique the overall review process so as to delineate the advanced, objective paper appraisal in this journal.

Methods: Data was collected using self administered questionnaires to 75 journal reviewers belonging to the Korean academy of nursing and its division academy of nursing from August 15th to September 30th, 2006.

Results: The majority of reviewers pointed out a lack of discrimination between the Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing and other journals.

[Nursing images appearing in elementary school textbooks under the 7th national curriculum].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the nursing images appearing in elementary school textbooks.

Method: This study targeted 130 textbooks of 13 subjects under the 7th national curriculum for elementary schools as of December 2005. Nursing-related texts, photographs, and illustrations in the textbooks were analyzed by using a content analysis method.

Research trends of nursing informatics in Korea.

In order to examine the research trends of Korean nursing informatics over the past 10 years starting from 1995 when the Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics started being published, to 2004, nursing informatics related studies were searched for on information search websites such as the National Digital Library, Korean Nurses Association, Korean Society of Medical Informatics, KoreaMed, and MedRIC. As a result of it, specified research trends were identified about Korean nursing informatics.