Jeong-Hee Kim

Purpose: Nature-based interventions have increasingly been explored as strategies to promote workers’ health and well-being. However, both the characteristics of such research and its practical application among Korean workers have not been systematically examined. This study aimed to conduct a scoping review of nature-based interventions and related research in this population.Methods: Following the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for scoping reviews, studies were searched in three databases: RISS (Research Information Sharing Service), DBpia, and ScienceON. Studies published in KCI (Korea Citation Index)-indexed journals were included. A total of 41 studies were analyzed to identify research trends, theoretical frameworks, types of nature, applied activities, and related variables at the individual, job, and organizational levels.Results: Nature-based interventions and related research among workers have grown steadily since 2011, accompanied by an increasing number of experimental studies evaluating intervention effects. However, despite this progress, the explicit application of theoretical frameworks and the integration of job- and organizational-level contextual factors remain limited. Most studies have focused on green spaces, while research addressing diverse natural environments, including blue spaces, was scarce. Furthermore, the literature has primarily examined individual-level psychosocial and physiological outcomes, with comparatively little attention given to job- and organizational-level variables.Conclusion: Although nature-based interventions and related research among Korean workers are increasing, further studies are warranted to strengthen theoretical frameworks, incorporate job and organizational context variables, and explore diverse types of nature to optimize the development and efficacy of nature-based strategies for workplace health promotion.

Methodological and Thematic Trends in the Korean Journal of Adult Nursing (2015–2024)

Purpose: Research on depressive symptoms among older workers is limited. This study aimed to explore the relationships between demographics, job characteristics, psychosocial work environment factors, and depressive symptoms in older workers, and to identify the factors that influence these symptoms.Methods: This secondary analysis used data from the 7th Korean Working Conditions Survey, focusing on 7,238 workers aged 55 years or older, after excluding missing values from an initial sample of 10,778 individuals. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Korean version of the World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index. Data analysis involved cross-tabulation, general linear modeling, and both univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses using complex sample designs.Results: Depression scores were categorized into depressed (n=2,490, weighted %=35.3%) and non-depressed (n=4,748, weighted %=64.7%) groups based on a cutoff score of less than 13, which indicates poor mental well-being. Complex-sample multivariate logistic regression analysis identified several significant factors influencing depressive symptoms, including education level (middle school odds ratio [OR]=1.56), perceived health status (fair OR=1.63, poor OR=2.95), reflection of opinions and taking breaks during work (OR=0.93 and OR=0.97, respectively), colleagues’ support (OR=0.85), job insecurity (OR=1.04), and satisfaction with the work environment (OR=1.47).Conclusion: Older workers, especially people with a middle school education or less, were more vulnerable to the risk of developing depression. To mitigate and prevent depressive symptoms, it is essential to implement individual-level strategies—such as health promotion and employee assistance programs, and counseling services—alongside organizational-level measures, including the expansion of job autonomy and supportive workplace policies for older workers.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the relationships among clinical nurses’ second victim experience following patient safety incidents, individual and organizational support, job satisfaction, and turnover intention, and to examine the factors influencing turnover intention. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a convenience sample of 187 clinical nurses from a general hospital who had been employed for more than 6 months and had either directly or indirectly experienced patient safety incidents. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, the Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis. Results: The mean scores for second victim experience, individual support, organizational support, job satisfaction, and turnover intention were 3.12, 3.94, 2.79, 3.05, and 3.87, respectively. The factors influencing turnover intention were organizational support (β=-.21, p=.042), job satisfaction (β=-.20, p=.047), and second victim experience (β=.14, p=.049). Conclusion: To alleviate clinical nurses’ turnover intention, it is necessary to implement strategies that reduce second victim experience and enhance organizational support and job satisfaction. In particular, hospital managers should recognize nurses’ second victim experience and make efforts to strengthen emotional care and establish organizational support systems for nurses following patient safety incidents.

백시현, et al. J Korean Acad Nurs Adm. 2024 Jun;30(3):306-317. https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2024.30.3.306

강윤지, et al. J Korean Acad Nurs Adm. 2024 Jan;30(1):79-90. https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2024.30.1.79

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the variables related to the organizational silence of Korean hospital nurses and to examine the effect sizes of correlations between the related variables and sub-types of organizational silence.Methods: Relevant studies were searched through a systematic search in six Korean electronic databases (RISS, ScienceON, KCI, DBpia, e-Article, and KISS) using June 2022 as the end date. Thirteen studies were identified through a systematic review and eight of them were meta-analyzed. The correlation effect size r (ESr) for each related variable was calculated.Results: Twenty-two related variables were identified from the systematic review. Of them, organizational culture was the most frequently examined. Seven variables (three organizational, two leader-member exchange, and two consequences of organizational silence) were found eligible for the meta-analysis. The intention of turnover (ESr=.39; 95% confidence interval, 95% CI=.32 to .45) and leader-member exchange (“manager’s leaderships” ESr=-.33, 95% CI= -.43 to -.21; “manager’s inclination to reject negative feedback” ESr=.32, 95% CI=.23 to .39) had larger correlation effect sizes than the other variables that related to organizational silence, in particular, acquiescent silence, which had the largest correlation effect size among the three sub-types of organizational silence.Conclusion: These findings show that the intention of turnover and leader-member exchanges were the main factors that related to the organizational silence. This indicates that it is necessary to develop management and education programs, as well as communication systems that focus on reducing and managing organizational silence, especially acquiescent silence.

∙간호대학생의 임상실습교육환경, 셀프리더십, 실습소속감 및 간호전문직관을 파악한다.