Impact of personal protective equipment attached powered air-purifying respirator on nursing-skill performance and psychosocial stress of intensive care unit COVID-19 nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate how personal protective equipment with an attached powered air-purifying respirator worn by intensive care unit nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in Korea impacts nursing-skill performance and psychosocial stress.

Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study was designed using purposive sampling.

Review Methods: Online data collection was conducted from 3 March 2021-20 March 2021on 181 nurses who had worked for more than 1 month in COVID-19 critical care settings wearing personal protective equipment with a powered air-purifying respirator.

Health-related quality of life among older adults who experienced the Pohang earthquake in South Korea: A cross-sectional survey.

Background: Earthquakes are global natural disasters and can cause loss of property, livelihood and affect human health. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake, the Pohang earthquake, occurred in South Korea in 2017.

Influencing Factors of Psychosocial Stress among Korean Adults during the COVID-19 Outbreak.

The restriction of an individual's daily life due to the strengthening of quarantine and lockdown increases psychosocial stress. This study aimed to determine the factors that influence psychosocial stress during a period of strict quarantine and lockdown to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea. A total of 338 adults participated in a cross-sectional online survey conducted from 19-25 May 2020, which measured knowledge of COVID-19, health belief, resilience, and psychosocial stress.

Correlations between emergency code awareness and disaster nursing competencies among clinical nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: This study identified clinical nurses' awareness of emergency codes and disaster nursing competencies and investigated the relationships between these variables.

Background: Nurses are on the front lines of disaster and emergency response; however, they report not feeling confident about their disaster preparedness.

Methods: Participants included 234 nurses working at a general hospital in Korea.

Effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for Mozambican nursing students in a low-resource setting: An intervention study.

Background: There is an increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Africa. Nurses' ability to undertake cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can significantly impact the survival of patients who experience cardiac arrest.

Objectives: We aimed to identify the effects of CPR training among Registered Nurse-Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) students in Mozambique.

Development and evaluation of a multimodality simulation disaster education and training program for hospital nurses.

Aim: To develop a multimodality simulation program for hospital nurses to enhance their disaster competency and evaluate the effect of the program.

Methods: The program implementation started in October 2016 and ended in December 2016. It was developed using the ADDIE model (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation).

Mediating role of post-traumatic stress disorder in post-traumatic growth in adults who experienced the 2017 Pohang earthquake.

Background: The largest earthquake recorded in Korea occurred in Pohang in 2017. This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the relationship between earthquake exposure level and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in adults who experienced the earthquake.

Methods: We used a cross-sectional survey via convenience sampling to collect data from 200 respondents 18 months after the earthquake.

Effects of a simulation-based education program for nursing students responding to mass casualty incidents: A pre-post intervention study.

Background: The necessity of disaster preparedness among nursing students has been continuously emphasized.

Objectives: This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of a simulation-based education program for nursing students responding to mass casualty incidents (MCI) from the perspectives of triage accuracy, response attitude, teamwork, and program satisfaction.

Design: This study employed a pre-post intervention design.

Effects of Audio-Visual Stimulation on Hand Hygiene Compliance among Family and Non-Family Visitors of Pediatric Wards: A Quasi-Experimental Pre-post Intervention Study.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the differences in interventional effects on hand hygiene compliance (HHC) among families and visitors in pediatric wards.

Design & Methods: A total of 2787 family and non-family visitors entering through the glass sliding door of 6 pediatric wards at a university children's hospital were observed for 4 h, respectively, before and after interventions between April 27 and May 20, 2018. In the first intervention, a visual stimulus emphasized the location of the hand sanitizer.

Difficulties faced by Korean disaster relief workers while providing humanitarian aid: A descriptive study.

The aim of the present study was to identify difficulties experienced by Korean disaster relief workers during humanitarian aid deployment. A convenience sample of disaster relief workers aged >18 years, who had been dispatched to an overseas disaster site, were recruited; 107 relief workers completed the Humanitarian Aid Difficulty Scale that consists of 23 items comprising five factors. The average difficulty rating was 2.

International Nursing: Needs Assessment for Training in Disaster Preparedness for Hospital Nurses: A Modified Delphi Study.

Despite high awareness of the need, opportunities for nurses to gain disaster experience or training are limited. In Korea, most disaster training is done in an undergraduate curriculum where there is very limited practice, and the educational topics are mostly focused on the field aspect of disaster events. The purpose of this study was to determine the need for such training for hospital nurses and to determine appropriate and relevant components of the training contents.

Perceptions of hospital emergency color codes among hospital employees in Korea.

Introduction: Hospital emergency codes frequently comprise of colors to prevent confusion and enhance prompt response to emergency situations. The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions of emergency color codes among hospital employees in Korea.

Methods: A 12-color spectrum and emergency situations were selected from the standardized emergency color codes used in the US and Canada.

[Health literacy and health status of Korean-Chinese elderly people living in Yanbian, China].

Purpose: This descriptive study was done to identify the relationship between health literacy and health status and to provide basic data for developing nursing interventions for Korean-Chinese elders living in Yanbian, China.

Methods: For data collection, intentional sampling of 300 elders was used. The questionnaire was composed of 5 items based on "Ministry of Health, the People's Republic of China (2008)" to measure health literacy, 33 health status items from the "Korean Health Status Measure for Elderly People" developed by Shin (2002), revised for use in China, and 9 general characteristics.