J Nurs Acad Soc.  1979 Dec;9(2):39-48.

A Study of Obstetric Clinical Nurses' Business Adaptability

• Hong KA

Abstract

The study was undertaken in an effort to observe whether the level of performance difficulty may vary with the backgrounds of the nurses who are engaged in maternity care service. The business adaptability was measured by the degree of difficulty which was scored by the results of questionaire test. The test was performed during the period of September 11 to October 5, 1976. A total of 128 professional nurses have responded to this questionaire survey in relation to the maternity care such as 1) antenatal care, 2) labor and delivery care and 3) postpartum care. The results of the study are summarized as follows: 1. The adaptability scores to the maternity care were founded to be significantly affected by the duration of the total clinical career, maternity care career and nurses' age. 2. It could be observed that the adaptability scores to the maternity care were not substantialy affected by nurses' educational background, marital status and nurses' working area.

MeSH Terms

Commerce*
Marital Status
Postnatal Care