Korean J Women Health Nurs.  2019 Sep;25(3):239-257. 10.4069/kjwhn.2019.25.3.239.

Job Analysis of the Nursing Unit Managers of Women's Hospital Using DACUM Analysis

• Son KS
• Cho KS

• KMID: 2459168
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2019.25.3.239

Abstract

PURPOSE
To analyze the job of nursing unit managers working at women's hospital, using DACUM (developing a curriculum), DACUM is a method for analyzing job-focused competency.
METHODS
This study involved a descriptive survey. A DACUM workshop was held to define women's hospital nursing unit managers' role and identify their duties and tasks. For the workshop, a committee was formed consisting of 5 women's hospital nursing unit managers. Finally, after validation, the developed contents were made into a survey asking about nursing unit manager's duties and tasks.
RESULTS
Sixteen duties and 83 tasks were identified on the DACUM chart. The importance, difficulty, and frequency of the tasks were ranked in terms of A, B, and C, with A being the highest degree. Eight tasks received A's all in importance, difficulty, and frequency of performance. The 8 tasks were: "˜taking over', "˜taking care of seriously ill patients on handover', "˜ward rounding', "˜analyzing and resolving demands identified during handover and patient tour', "˜reporting patient status during rounding', "˜promoting breast-feeding', "˜uterine contraction, and training for breast-feeding'. The duty with the biggest determinant coefficient (DC) was "˜patients complaint management' (DC=7.09). Based on tasks, the one with the biggest DC was "˜solving patient and patient guardian's complaints' (DC=7.53), followed by "˜making infection control guidelines' (DC=7.5).
CONCLUSION
When expanding the nursing staff of the hospital, women's hospitals nursing unit managers also need to use administrative functions as intermediaries to focus on the operation management of the entire hospital rather than direct nursing to suit their role.

Keyword

Hospital, maternity; Nursing, supervisory; Task performance and analysis

MeSH Terms

Education
Hospitals, Maternity
Humans
Infection Control
Methods
Nursing Staff
Nursing*
Nursing, Supervisory
Task Performance and Analysis

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  Figure 1. Work Performance Table of Women’s Hospital Ward Manager. A (high), B (moderate), and C (low) indicate the degree of importance, difficulty, and frequency. DC=determinant coefficient; V/S=vital sign; EM=electronic medical record; SNS=social network service; QI=quality improvement. Work Performance Table of Women’s Hospital Ward Manager. A (high), B (moderate), and C (low) indicate the degree of importance, difficulty, and frequency. DC=determinant coefficient; V/S=vital sign; EM=electronic medical record; SNS=social network service; QI=quality improvement.

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