[A preliminary survey of nurses' understanding of delirium and their need for delirium education - in a university hospital -].

Purpose: The purpose of this survey was to investigate clinical nurses' understanding of delirium and their educational need of delirious patient care.

Method: A survey questionnaire regarding nurses' general perception and understanding of delirium, experience with delirious patients and educational need was developed and conducted with 179 clinical nurses in a university hospital in Seoul. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.

[Development of a Dan Jeon Breathing Model for health promotion in middle-aged women].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a Dan Jeon Breathing Model and to identify effects of the developed Dan Jeon Breathing Model for maintenance and promotion of health and improvement of health problems in middle-aged women.

Method: This study was constructed with two procedures. The first procedure was to develop appropriate movements for middle-aged women, performing a focus group discussion and developing a Dan Jeon Breathing Model in qualitative research.

Development of an ultrasound training phantom of the thyroid gland: physical characteristics of TMM.

The objective of this research was to synthesize a thyroid phantom with ultrasound properties similar to those of tissue-mimicking materials (TMM). This was done so that an ultrasound thyroid-training phantom could be developed. A polymer urethane TMM was made by using the following materials: C, CCR, TiO(2), silver, tungsten, and graphite, in the hope that it would have the same properties as soft tissue.

[Effects of relaxing music on stress response of patients with acute myocardial infarction].

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the influencing factors in a crisis state while considering the relationship between them, to suggest the crisis model for early adolescent, and to test its fitness empirically.

Method: A hypothetical model of this study was consisted of 8 theoretical variables and 12 measurable variables with 15 constructed paths. The data from the 439 middle school students at crisis state were analyzed to test the hypothetical model by using covariance structure analysis.