J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2018 Apr;24(1):113-126. 10.22650/JKCNR.2018.24.1.113.

Study for Revision of the Korean Patient Classification System

Affiliations
  • 1Chief Advisor for Nursing Division, Seoul National University Hospital, Affiliated Professor, Colleage of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.
  • 2Director of Process Inovation, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea. choiwoan@snuh.org
  • 3Nurse Manager, Department of Nursing, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.
  • 4Professor, College of Nursing Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Korea.
  • 5Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University, Korea.
  • 6Chief Nursing Officer, Ajou University Hospital, Korea.
  • 7Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Inha University, Department of Prevention and Management, Inha University Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to revise the KPCS-1 and to standardize the three patient classification systems for general ward, ICU and NICU. The actual utilization of the KPCS-1 score and each nursing activity was evaluated and the relationships between KPCS-1 score and nursing related variables were reviewed.
METHODS
The 47,711 KPCS-1 scores of 6,931 patients who discharged from 1st to 30th April 2017 were analyzed and the statistical significance between KPCS-1 score and nursing related variables was reviewed by Generalized Estimating Equation. The revision of the KPCS-1 was carried out by Partial Least Square model. The 3 patient classification systems (KPCS-1,KPCSC and KPCSN) were standardized by professional reviews.
RESULTS
KPCS-1 was a valid instrument to express nursing condition adequately and was revised as a new version which has 34 nursing activity items. The names and terminologies of pre-existing 3 patient classification systems developed by KHNA were standardized as KPCS-GW, KPCS-ICU, KPCS-NICU.
CONCLUSION
KPCS-1 was a valid instrument to represent diverse nursing conditions precisely and was revised as a 34-item KPCS-GW. The terminologies of the other patient classification systems by KHNA were standardized as KPCS-ICU and KPCS-NICU.

Keyword

Patient; Classification; Nursing; Workload

MeSH Terms

Classification*
Humans
Nursing
Patients' Rooms
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