J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2022 Dec;28(3):242-250. 10.22650/JKCNR.2022.28.3.242.

Application and Evaluation of the Pilot Program for the Education Nurse System in a Medical Institution

• Sim WH
• Park JS
• Lim HM
• Kim EH
• Kim JH

• KMID: 2537789
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22650/JKCNR.2022.28.3.242

Abstract

Purpose
This study was conducted to evaluate the performance following the application of the pilot program for the education nurse system of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in a medical institution.
Methods
This study was employed a non-homogeneous comparative group design by comparing new nurses who entered the medical institution after the pilot project from December 2019 to April 2020 with new nurses who entered before the pilot project during the same period. Satisfaction, academic achievement, job adaptation, personal turnover within one year, and patient safety incident rate were investigated as performance indicators.
Results
After the pilot project, the overall satisfaction among new nurses, preceptors, and fellow nurses increased, but there were no significant changes in academic achievement and job adaptation in new nurses. The personal turnover rate decreased from 15.6% to 9.1%, and the patient safety incident rate also decreased from 26.3% to 15.7%. Also, the preceptor overtime also decreased from 3.67 to 0.66 hours.
Conclusion
The performance of the pilot project for the education nurse system was related to improvements in satisfaction, turnover rate of new nurses, patient safety incident rate, and preceptor overtime. Above all long-term monitoring of each performance indicator is necessary through the continuation of the education nurse system of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Keyword

Education; Nurse Specialist; Satisfaction; Patient Safety Incidents; Turnover