Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2024 Nov;33(4):173-182. 10.5807/kjohn.2024.33.4.173.

Analysis of Nursing Interventions for Severe Occupational Accident Trauma Patients Based on Major Injury Site

• Kim MS
• Kim HJ

• KMID: 2564508
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2024.33.4.173

Abstract

Purpose
This study analyzed nursing interventions for patients with severe industrial accident trauma who visited the trauma resuscitation department of a regional trauma center using the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) system.
Methods
Among the 15,721 patients who visited the regional trauma center at U University Hospital in U City from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022, the electronic medical records of 114 patients with severe industrial accident trauma who met the inclusion criteria were reviewed. Nursing interventions were analyzed and classified using the NIC system based on the patients` main injury site.
Results
A total of 3,247 nursing interventions(classified into five areas, 17 groups, and 69 interventions) were performed according to the main injury site. The most frequently performed nursing interventions were physiological: complex. Next, safety, physiological: basic, behavioral, and health system interventions were conducted, in that order.
Conclusion
This study identified the main characteristics and nursing interventions for patients with severe occupational accident trauma. These findings may contribute to the enhancement of standardized nursing interventions and the overall quality of nursing care.

Keyword

Occupational accidents; Multiple trauma, Trauma nursing; Nursing