J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2017 Dec;23(5):535-547. 10.11111/jkana.2017.23.5.535.

Development of Hospital Nurses' Job Description based on DACUM Method: Focusing on General Ward and Intensive Care Unit

• Lee SM
• Kim YH
• Shim YM
• Choi JS
• Yu M

• KMID: 2408115
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2017.23.5.535

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to clarify nurses' duties, tasks and task elements and to develop a job description for clinical nurses on general and intensive care units in tertiary-level hospitals, and dramatically reflect changing medical trends in Korea.
METHODS
The job description was developed based on the Developing a Curriculum Method (DACUM). The questionnaire included frequency, importance, and difficulty of duties, tasks and task elements, measured on a 4-point scale. Results were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Data were collected from September 4 to 7, 2017, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and a scattered graph.
RESULTS
The job description consisted of 10 duties, 38 tasks, and 51 elements. Of the 10 duties, the highest duty in order of importance was "˜Direct nursing care' followed by "˜Infection control'. The highest duties according to frequency and difficulty were "˜Document and notify' and "˜Research and quality improvement'. "˜Safety management' and "˜Infection control' were considered as relatively simple duties, however, these two duties were still included as important jobs for clinical nurses.
CONCLUSION
The job descriptions for clinical nurses developed from this study contain nursing ethics and safety as well as infection control, to faithfully reflect clinical nurses' jobs.

Keyword

Analysis; Hospital; Job description; Nurses; Work

MeSH Terms

Critical Care*
Curriculum
Ethics, Nursing
Infection Control
Intensive Care Units*
Job Description*
Korea
Methods*
Nursing
Patients' Rooms*