J Korean Acad Adult Nurs.  2007 Jun;19(2):260-273.

The Perceived Importance and Performance Frequency of Nursing Interventionsin the Oncology Units in a Tertiary Hospital

• Kwon IG
• Cho MS
• Shin HY

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was performed to understand the perceived importance and performance frequencies of nursing interventions and identify the core and major interventions in oncology units.
METHODS
Questionnaires using 151 nursing interventions were given to 45 nurses. The performance frequency was measured through the database of the nursing process recording system for 1 year.
RESULTS
The perceived importance of the nursing interventions averaged out to be 3.5 among 4 and on average 36.5 times of nursing interventions were performed on each patient. Fifteen core nursing interventions including 'pain management' were identified and they made up 82.7% of the entire performance frequency rate. And 26 interventions including 'drug administration: Amphotericin-B' were identified as major nursing interventions and occupied 10.6% of the entire performance frequency rate.
CONCLUSION
Since the core and the major nursing interventions were identified and these occupied 93.3% of the all nursing interventions, these results can be utilized as baseline data for establishing the guidelines and standards of nursing interventions and providing systematic education for oncology nurses in Korea.

Keyword

Oncologic nursing; Nursing intervention

MeSH Terms

Education
Humans
Korea
Nursing Process
Nursing*
Oncology Nursing
Tertiary Care Centers*
Surveys and Questionnaires