Purpose
This study explored job stress experiences among pediatric ward nurses in Korea and identified the underlying meanings and patterns of these experiences using qualitative content analysis.
Methods
Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews with 9 pediatric ward nurses who had at least 1 year of experience, thereby excluding nurses in the initial adaptation phase of clinical practice. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
Results
Five categories of job stress experiences were identified: (1) cognitive and emotional burden related to the distinctive characteristics of children, (2) difficulties maintaining positive relationships with caregivers, (3) difficulties arising from job demands and organizational culture, (4) additional stress from caring for children from multicultural families, and (5) growth through overcoming stress. Pediatric nurses experienced heightened emotional labor related to developmentally appropriate care and caregiver interactions, as well as structural stress associated with organizational and interprofessional contexts. Despite these challenges, they described developing professional competence, resilience, and professional identity through accumulated experience and supportive relationships.
Conclusion
Job stress among pediatric ward nurses is a multifaceted experience shaped by clinical, relational, organizational, and sociocultural contexts. Although stress created substantial challenges, nurses also described professional growth and resilience as they accumulated experience. These findings highlight the need for integrated educational and organizational strategies that address emotional labor, strengthen resilience, and promote equitable family-centered pediatric nursing care.

Purpose
This study explored the maternal experiences of providing home care for infants and toddlers with tracheostomies in South Korea.
Methods
Using a qualitative descriptive design, the study examined the experiences of 10 mothers with children under 36 months who had at least 3 months of home care experience. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between April and August 2024, lasting from 72 to 138 minutes. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by employing thematic analysis.
Results
Four main themes were identified: (1) navigating the demands of home care, (2) bearing witness to a constrained childhood, (3) drifting apart through caregiving strain, and (4) learning to carry the weight alone and together. These reflected the mothers’ struggles with inadequate preparation, limited support, financial and emotional strain, along with the gradual development of caregiving expertise through lived experience and peer support, particularly via online.
Conclusion
Mothers caring for young children with tracheostomies in South Korea faced interrelated systemic, economic, developmental, and psychosocial challenges, while developing a sense of competence and resilience. The findings highlight the need for context-responsive strategies in South Korea, including standardized caregiver education and transitional support, equitable access to essential resources, inclusive childcare opportunities, and integrated psychosocial services. Collectively, these efforts are essential to ensuring safer and more sustainable pediatric tracheostomy care at home.

Purpose
This study aimed to explore nurses’ experiences with hospitalized children’s fall accidents. The findings are intended to provide foundational data for developing strategies to strengthen patient safety for children.
Methods
Participants were purposively sampled. The sample consisted of eight nurses working in the pediatric departments of hospitals located in Daegu and Seoul in South Korea. All participants had experienced at least one fall accident involving a hospitalized child within the past year. Data were collected through in-depth interviews conducted between February 1 and April 30, 2025. The collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis method.
Results
The data analysis revealed four themes and 12 subthemes, which were derived from 111 significant statements and reflect pediatric ward nurses’ experiences with inpatient fall incidents. The four themes were: “encountering fall risks beyond nurses’ control,” “ineffective fall education and formalized safety practices,” “limitations of assessment tools and the growth of reflective practice,” and “moving toward comprehensive fall prevention and management strategies.”
Conclusion
Nurses recognized that the risk of pediatric falls was often beyond their control, and that fall prevention education did not always translate into practice. Reflective analysis of fall incidents, age- and patient-specific fall nursing interventions, and the establishment of an integrated support system are needed for effective fall prevention and management. These findings are expected to provide basic data to guide nursing care that prevents fall accidents and improves children’s patient safety.

Purpose
This study aimed to identify distinct subjective viewpoints regarding the perceived effects of energy drink consumption among South Korean male high school students.
Methods
Using Q methodology, a concourse of statements was developed through interviews and literature reviews, and refined into 35 Q samples. Forty male high school students were recruited via snowball sampling to reflect diverse consumption patterns and attitudes. Participants sorted the Q samples using a forced distribution procedure. Data were analyzed using the PC-QUANL program.
Results
Four distinct groups of male adolescents were identified based on their perceived effects of energy drink consumption: (1) effect-oriented experience sharers, (2) ambivalent recognizers of experience, (3) alternative-seeking evaluators, and (4) emotionally reactive responders. These groups’ perceptions were shaped by peer influence, personal consumption experiences, and levels of self-regulation.
Conclusion
By typifying the subjective perceptions of Korean male high school students regarding energy drink consumption, this study provides a foundational understanding of how adolescents interpret and respond to such health behaviors. These insights can guide the development of tailored health education programs that address the unique needs and attitudes of each group.

Purpose
To explore nurses’ perceptions of end-of-life care in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, focusing on the components, facilitators, and challenges of such care in daily practice.
Methods
A qualitative descriptive study was conducted. Data were collected from June to October 2023 through semi-structured individual interviews with 17 nurses from the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units of four tertiary general hospitals in a metropolitan area of South Korea, and were analyzed using thematic analysis techniques.
Results
We identified three themes and nine subthemes: (1) supporting families’ emotional and relational closure, (2) perceiving relational and systemic support as enabling end-of-life care, and (3) feeling constrained by systemic and practical challenges. Participants perceived fostering an emotional connection with the child, ensuring opportunities for meaningful farewell, and supporting emotional acceptance of death as ways to support families’ emotional and relational closure with their child. Although relational and systemic support, such as collaborative teamwork, clear communication, shared planning, and structured tools, enabled compassionate care, participants also felt unprepared, burdened by heavy workloads, and hindered by environmental barriers.
Conclusion
The findings highlight that delivering quality end-of-life care in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units requires supporting families’ emotional needs, strengthening relational and systemic support, and addressing practical challenges. Further research is needed to develop and test practical strategies (e.g., specialized education in compassionate communication, standardized protocols, and supportive care environments) that can improve the quality of end-of-life care for neonatal and pediatric patients and their families.

Citations

• Moral responsibility, constrained authority: Neonatal nurses navigating periviable shared decision-making
  Osama Mohamed Elsayed Ramadan, Hamda Ahmed Mohamed Eldesoky, Hassan M. Elamin, Reda Samy, Ghada Elsaid Ali Elsayed
  Nursing Ethics.2026;[Epub]     CrossRef

Purpose
The role of local children’s centers is becoming more important as after-school care expands to South Korean elementary schools. As elementary school years are the time when children grow into healthy adults. Children in this period must grow with a feeling of happiness. The purpose of this study is to understand and explain the meaning of happiness experiences of elementary school students receiving community child care services, and to expand and apply nursing knowledge to child care at community child care centers through their happiness experiences.
Methods
This qualitative study was conducted with 21 elementary school students who received program services at local children’s centers for more than 1 year. Participants conducted 1:1 depth interview. The interviews were analyzed by dividing them into themes.
Results
Finally, five themes and 14 sub-themes were organized. The five themes were derived as “feeling of freedom and joy,” “healthy and pleasant feeling from being cared for,” “feeling smart and competent,” “feeling loved by someone special,” “feeling well-adjusted to school life.” This conclusion means that participants experience autonomy and enjoyment in daycare centers, positive care, strengthen emotional bonds, and help them adapt well to school.
Conclusion
The participants in this study expressed happiness in various meanings at local children’s centers. This thesis informed that it is important for local children’s centers to prioritize children’s happiness for education and care for children. This paper will contribute to society by presenting a nursing perspective on the development of community children’s centers.

Purpose
This study aimed to explore tutoring experiences related to a high-risk newborn care simulation among nurses and nursing students to derive insights into developing effective neonatal nursing practice.
Methods
A qualitative content-analysis study was conducted in March 2023. Data were collected through narrative surveys and focus group interviews with four neonatal intensive care unit nurses and 12 senior nursing students participating in a 1-day high-risk newborn care simulation program. A content analysis was performed on the collected data.
Results
Three categories (“efforts to foster a sense of presence,” “efforts to promote positive awareness of the neonatal intensive care unit,” and “establishing one’s role as an educator”) and six subcategories were derived from the nurses’ responses. Three categories (“growth through a realistic virtual simulation,” “improved learning effects,” and “hope for continued development”) and six subcategories were derived from the nursing students’ responses.
Conclusion
The nursing students experienced realistic practice with their nurse tutors in the high-risk newborn care simulation, which helped them form their professional identity as future nurses. After tutoring, the nurses’ perceptions of nursing students changed positively, which affected their teaching methods.

Purpose
This study investigated the parenting experiences of mothers of young children born moderate-to-late preterm (MLPT) in South Korea.
Methods
In this qualitative study, semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted with 10 mothers of MLPT children from infancy to preschool age. The interviews were video-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
Results
Four categories resulted from the analysis of parenting experiences of mothers with young MLPT children, as follows: "becoming a mother of an early-born child", "difficulties as the primary caregiver for a high-risk child", "helpful social support, but still a lack of professional support for parenting a high-risk child", and "mothers and children growing together".
Conclusion
Mothers of young MLPT children experienced difficulties due to concerns about their child's health, growth and development, and insufficient child-rearing support. Therefore, social support systems should be strengthened and more aggressive nursing strategies should be adopted for mothers of young MLPT children.

Citations

• Impact of the child's birth weight on maternal misperceptions of young children's weight: A retrospective study with nationally representative data
  Sangmi Lee
  Japan Journal of Nursing Science.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Impact of moderate-to-late preterm birth on neurodevelopmental outcomes in young children: Results from retrospective longitudinal follow-up with nationally representative data
  Sangmi Lee, Yuri Han, Min Kyung Lim, Hun Jae Lee, Shaonong Dang
  PLOS ONE.2023; 18(11): e0294435.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate how pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurses and the mothers of hospitalized children perceived their partnership and identify the detailed differences in the common domains of partnership between them.
Methods
A qualitative descriptive design with semi-structured and open-ended interviews was used. Interviews with mothers of hospitalized children and nurses in the PICU were conducted at a national university hospital in South Korea.
Results
Five integrated categories were identified concerning nurses' and mothers' perceptions of partnership. Five common domains were derived by merging the partnership categories perceived by each PICU mother and nurse: expectation of trust, sharing and communication, participation in care, equality in the relationship, and coordination of opinion However, there were significant differences in the composition of the categories of these common domains.
Conclusion
These results may facilitate more effective partnerships between parents and PICU nurses. Efforts should be taken to promote the formation of trust between nurses and parents and create an environment that is conductive to regular open communication in particular, steps should be taken to reduce gaps in awareness concerning this partnership and information sharing, nursing methods, and decision-making.

Citations

• Experiences of trust in mothers of hospitalized children toward pediatric nurses
  Mi-Ra Kim, Sun-Mi Chae
  Journal of Child Health Care.2025; 29(2): 368.     CrossRef
• Exploring ‘family’ in paediatric intensive care family-centred-care research: A concept analysis
  Ashleigh E. Butler, Elizabeth Bichard, Kate Masterson, Jessica Appleyard, Efa Apriyanti, Nega Degefa Megersa, Claire Collins, Stephen McKeever, Joseph C. Manning, Sarah E. Seaton
  Intensive and Critical Care Nursing.2025; 88: 103972.     CrossRef
• Estrategias de humanización en cuidados intensivos pediátricos: una revisión de alcance
  María Esther Salgado-Reguero, Sara Furtado-Eraso, Arantxa Bujanda-Sainz de Murieta, Cristina García-Vivar, Nelia Soto-Ruiz, Paula Escalada-Hernández
  Enfermería Intensiva.2025; 36(2): 500531.     CrossRef
• Topics and Trends in Neonatal Family-Centered Care
  In Young Cho, Cho Hee Kim
  CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Humanization strategies in pediatric intensive care: A scoping review
  María Esther Salgado-Reguero, Sara Furtado-Eraso, Arantxa Bujanda-Sainz de Murieta, Cristina García-Vivar, Nelia Soto-Ruiz, Paula Escalada-Hernández
  Enfermería Intensiva (English ed.).2025; 36(2): 500531.     CrossRef
• Associations Between Care Environments and Environmental Modifications in the Daily Living Settings of Children with Medical Complexity
  Yumi Mizuochi, Yukako Shigematsu, Yoshitomo Fukuura
  Nursing Reports.2025; 15(11): 400.     CrossRef
• Implementation of a partnership involving parents in the care of critically ill children: an integrative review
  Tuti Seniwati, Nani Nurhaeni, Dessie Wanda
  Acute and Critical Care.2025; 40(4): 521.     CrossRef
• Effectiveness and family experiences of interventions promoting partnerships between families and pediatric and neonatal intensive care units: a mixed methods systematic review
  Shannon Barnes, Ibo Macdonald, Zahra Rahmaty, Véronique de Goumoëns, Chantal Grandjean, Cécile Jaques, Anne-Sylvie Ramelet
  JBI Evidence Synthesis.2024; 22(7): 1208.     CrossRef
• Pediatri Hemşireliğinde Aile ile İletişim
  Dilara Aydın, Emine Efe
  Türkiye Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi.2024; 7(1): 12.     CrossRef
• Exploration of trust between pediatric nurses and children with a medical diagnosis and their caregivers on inpatient care units: A scoping review
  Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay, Una Chang, Elizabeth Kreiter, Emma Nickel, Janice Kamke, Rubinder Bahia, Sarah Shantz, Heather Meyerhoff
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2024; 78: e1.     CrossRef
• Voice of the nurse in paediatric intensive care: a scoping review
  Kate Masterson, Michael Connolly, Denise Alexander, Maria Brenner
  BMJ Open.2024; 14(12): e082175.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was conducted to explore first-time fathers' experiences during their transition to parenthood in South Korea.
Methods
Data were collected from September 2019 to February 2020 through in-depth interviews that were conducted individually with 12 participants. First-time fathers with children under 2 months of age were recruited. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method.
Results
Four theme clusters were identified: Preparing to become a father, challenges of becoming a father, motivation to foster familial bonds, and acknowledgement of fatherhood.
Conclusion
These findings suggest that Korean first-time fathers prepared to practice parenthood through prenatal education, taegyo, and feeling bonds with their new baby. They recognized their identity as fathers and experienced self-growth. These results would be beneficial for health professionals in developing perinatal care programs, and the results provide basic data for studies on fathers and families during the transition to parenthood.

Citations

• Fathers’ Lived-Experience of Childbirth: A Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Inquiry
  Heidi J. Williams, Rodger E. Broomé, Nicholas Markette
  Journal of Humanistic Psychology.2026; 66(5): 1282.     CrossRef
• Phenomenological research in the field of Infant Mental Health and Early Childhood (IECMH) ‐A mapping review
  Minna Sorsa, Bente Dahl, Idun Røseth
  Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Ch.2026;[Epub]     CrossRef
• A Comparison of Fear of Childbirth and Attitudes Toward Participation in Birth in Expectant Fathers With Primiparous and Multiparous Partners
  Kaplan Dogan E
  American Journal of Men's Health.2026;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Subjektives Erleben von Erstlingsvätern: Ein systematischer Überblick eingedenk psychoanalytischer Perspektiven
  Maximilian Römer, Peter Treu, Rika-Elen Krüger
  Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie.2026; 75(2): 131.     CrossRef
• Transition to fatherhood among first-time expectant fathers having couvade syndrome in northern Thailand: A grounded theory study
  Piyawan Sritawan, Nantaporn Sansiriphun, Jirawan Deeluea, Nonglak Chaloumsuk, Preeyakamon Krikitrat
  Belitung Nursing Journal.2026; 12(2): 178.     CrossRef
• Fathers’ lived experiences of fatherhood during the child’s first 1000 days: a qualitative systematic review protocol
  Telma Vidinha, Diana Santos, Daniela Pinto, Filipa Margarida Duque, Daniela Cardoso, Ana Filipa Cardoso, Maria José Magalhães, Tatiana Moura, Maria Neto
  JBI Evidence Synthesis.2025; 23(2): 416.     CrossRef
• Experiences of first-time fathers in the transition to parenting: A qualitative study
  Semanur Koyuncu, Aygül Kıssal
  Midwifery.2025; 142: 104284.     CrossRef
• First-Time Fathers’ Experiences in Antenatal Care
  Justine Belista, Vivian Lajara, Marc Lester Quintana
  Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Father-inclusive chatbot-based prenatal education during COVID-19 pandemic enhances maternal–fetal attachment in Korean primigravida women across levels of partner support
  Kyungmi chung, Kyungun Jhung, Hee Young Cho, Jin Young Park
  Scientific Reports.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Metode Pengenalan Nilai Moral pada Anak Usia Dini dalam Kurun Waktu 20 Tahun di Keluarga Indonesia
  Nur Cholimah, Fitriana Tjiptasari, Septiyati Purwandari
  Jurnal Obsesi : Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini.2023; 7(3): 3025.     CrossRef
• Perceptions of fatherhood and confidence regarding neonatal care among fathers of high-risk neonates in South Korea: a descriptive study
  Jin Won Lee, Sunhee Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2023; 29(3): 229.     CrossRef

Purpose
The symptoms and impairments caused by cerebral palsy usually require long-term treatment, resulting in a substantial burden on the family of affected children. This study explored the experiences of fathers with prematurely-born children with cerebral palsy, with a focus on how such experiences influenced their families.
Methods
A qualitative case study method was used. Nine subjects were recruited from April 2018 to June 2019 at one hospital, and each was interviewed three times by a neonatal nurse.
Results
Five core experiences of fathers were identified: "regret for an insufficient initial response", "confronting my child born as a premature baby", "the position of being a dad who can't do anything", "the process of treatment like a tunnel with no exit", and "a father's getting meaning in life through children". These stories covered an individual's timeline and family interactions.
Conclusion
Our findings suggest that fathers of prematurely-born children tend to suppress their emotions; therefore, a novel intervention program to encourage fathers' emotional expression and to support healthier interactions with their families is needed. Moreover, our findings could contribute basic information for the construction of a community-based support system to aid families, including prematurely-born children and other persons with impairments.

Citations

• Factors influencing fathers’ involvement in the care of hospitalized preterm newborns in Balaka, Malawi
  Patani Mhango, Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando
  BMC Pediatrics.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore nursing students' recognition and understanding of the clinical environment of high-risk neonatal nursing care after watching a documentary about the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where high-risk newborns are treated.
Methods
This study was a qualitative content analysis. In total, 151 nursing students’ personal essays describing their reactions to a documentary about the NICU were analyzed using the NVivo 12 program.
Results
Nursing students’ experiences of engaging with a documentary about the NICU were structured into four thematic categories: ‘actual observations of the imagined NICU’, ‘observation and recognition of nursing knowledge’, ‘empathy with people related to the baby’, and ‘establishing attitudes and values as a nurse’.
Conclusion
Based on the results of this study, it is suggested that documentaries can be applied in nursing education about high-risk newborns.

Citations

• The Effects of Documentary and Psychiatric Interviewing Methods on Empathy, Attitude, and Implicit Association in Psychiatric Nursing Education: A Randomized Controlled Study
  Sevgi Koroglu Gokbel, Gulgun Durat
  Western Journal of Nursing Research.2026; 48(2): 162.     CrossRef
• Chronological Changes in the Portrayal of Korean Nurses in TV Documentaries
  Eunjin Kim, Gumhee Baek, Aram Cho, Mijin Byun
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administratio.2023; 29(4): 341.     CrossRef
• The effects of neonatal resuscitation gamification program using immersive virtual reality: A quasi-experimental study
  Sun-Yi Yang, Yun-Hee Oh
  Nurse Education Today.2022; 117: 105464.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was conducted to explore Korean mothers’ experiences of the development of parent-adolescent relationships.
Methods
The participants were 18 Korean parents of adolescents. Data were collected through in-depth interviews. The main question was, “Could you tell me about your experiences of developing a relationship with your adolescent child?” The data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory methodology.
Results
The central phenomena of the experiences of parent-adolescent relationships among Korean mothers were “trying to reduce my expectations, but not being able to” and “having no idea where to go”. The major action/interaction strategies were “putting aside my desires and adapting to my child's needs” and “waiting and seeing at a distance”. The consequences included “appreciating myself and my child at the same time”.
Conclusion
These findings indicate that mothers tried to adapt to their children's needs and to keep their children at a distance. Their efforts were influenced by advice from friends and family members. The findings of this study emphasize specific aspects of how Korean mothers experienced the process of developing respectful relationships with their children.

Citations

• Child-rearing experiences of mothers with early adolescents in Korean multicultural families
  Sangmi Lee, Hyun Young Koo
  Child Health Nursing Research.2021; 27(2): 190.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was conducted to explore experiences of the development of parent-child relations among Korean college students.
Methods
The participants were 18 Korean college students. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, and the main question was, "Could you tell me about how your relationship with your parents has developed?". Data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory methodology.
Results
The central phenomena of the experiences of parent-child relations among Korean college students were 'new realizations about parent-child relations' and 'competing against parents'. The major action/interaction strategies were 'having an equal status to one's parents' and 'keeping parents at a distance'. Consequences included 'going beyond the bounds of parental guidance'.
Conclusion
These findings indicate that students tried to give back to their parents, and also endeavored to stand apart from their parents in order to obtain independence. Their efforts were influenced by their parents' efforts to be tolerant towards their children. The findings emphasize that Korean college students experienced the process of building new, interdependent relations with their parents.

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore and develop a deeper understanding of the experiences of mothers of premature children receiving rehabilitation therapy.
Methods
The participants were 12 mothers with premature children who had received rehabilitation therapy for over 1 year. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted from July to August 2017. The data were analyzed through the phenomenological research method.
Results
The participants’ experience was structured into five thematic clusters: ‘Regret and guilt that premature birth led to rehabilitation therapy’, ‘Burden of life in an endless tunnel’, ‘Changes in personal relationships surrounding me and my child’, ‘Meaning of new life through my child’, and ‘Desire to expand the rehabilitation of premature infants’.
Conclusion
The results of this study will be helpful for developing family-centered care programs for premature infants at high risk of developmental disorders.

Citations

• Parent and Therapist Perceptions of Early Therapy for Infants With or at Risk of Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review
  Helle Sneftrup Poulsen, Lisbeth Rosenbek Minet, Lone Walentin Laulund, Charlotte Ytterberg, Alice Ørts Hansen
  Child: Care, Health and Development.2026;[Epub]     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the meaning and essence of experiences of stress in mothers of preschoolers with atopic dermatitis.
Methods
This study employed a qualitative research design. Seven mothers of preschoolers with atopic dermatitis were interviewed and the data were analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological method.
Results
Five main themes and 12 theme clusters emerged. The 5 main themes were 1) the mother’s enduring heartache from the conflict that arise among family members, 2) the complete loss of daily happiness, 3) the steady stream of emotional fluctuations, 4) struggling to bear the heavy financial burden, and, 5) a life of hope accompanied by stress.
Conclusion
The results of this study provide an in-depth understanding of stress among mothers of preschoolers with atopic dermatitis. These results can be used in the development of nursing interventions to provide psychological and emotional support for mothers and family members.

Citations

• Development and pilot evaluation of a theory-based self-care program for late school-aged children with atopic dermatitis: a quasi-experimental study in South Korea
  Da-Jeong Kum, Kyung-Sook Bang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2026; 32(1): 66.     CrossRef
• “Becoming a shield under a leaky umbrella” : a phenomenological study of mothers’ experiences caring for preschool children in high fine-dust environments
  Ju Won Seo, Eunjung Ryu
  International Journal of Qualitative Studies on He.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Impact of Atopic Dermatitis® on Quality of Life of Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  John Chun Hian Yap, Yik Weng Yew
  Dermatitis®.2024; 35(6): 554.     CrossRef
• “I have to be brave” – parents’ experiences of caring for a child with eczema
  Christine Chua, Judith Chew, Winnie Lim
  Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Developmen.2023; 33(4): 256.     CrossRef
• Views and experiences of managing eczema: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies*
  E. Teasdale, I. Muller, K. Sivyer, D. Ghio, K. Greenwell, S. Wilczynska, A. Roberts, M.J. Ridd, N. Francis, L. Yardley, K.S. Thomas, M. Santer
  British Journal of Dermatology.2021; 184(4): 627.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to describe feelings and actions of nurses following withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from children being cared for by the nurses.
Methods
Data were collected by in-depth interviews with 7 nurses from different hospitals where children receiving nursing care had life-sustaining treatment withdrawn. The interviews were conducted from August 2016 to February 2017 when all data were saturated. Interviews lasted 30~90 minutes and were conducted 2~3 times per participant. Data were analyzed using Giorgi’s phenomenological research methodology.
Results
The following factors constituted experiences of nurses working in pediatric wards when life-sustaining treatment was withdrawn from children: “agony and conflict in the aspects of care”, “heavy mind and regret for exhausting care”, “intentionally avoiding parents’ sadness”, “comforting sadness in the heart” and “orientation in the role of caring for children undergoing withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.”
Conclusion
Findings indicate that support systems and intervention programs need to be developed so that nurses can understand and wisely deal with experiences of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from children who receive care from nurses.

Citations

• End-of-life care stress in korean pediatric nurses: A cross-sectional analysis of related perceptions, attitudes, and self-efficacy
  Eul A. Shin, Eun Jung Kim, Stephen D. Ginsberg
  PLOS One.2026; 21(1): e0340466.     CrossRef
• Factors affecting nurses' attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for children
  Minjin Goo, Yujeong Kim
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2024; 77: e31.     CrossRef
• Mediating Effects of Role Perception of Life-sustaining Treatment in the Relationship between Knowledge of Lifesustaining Treatment Plans and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatment among Nursing College Students
  Youngmi Park, Keumhee Nam, Joohee Bae
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2021; 24(1): 36.     CrossRef
• Development of an Instrument to Measure Stress in Korean Nurses Performing End-of-Life Care for Children
  So Yeon Park, Hyeon Ok Ju
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2020; 54: e84.     CrossRef
• Pediatric Nurses’ Perceptions related to End-of-Life Care and Turnover Intention
  Sook Young Baek, Sook Jung Kang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(4): 353.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was done to explore the experiences of ego identity development in Korean nursing students.
Methods
Data were collected from 16 nursing students through in-depth interviews. The main question was, “Could you tell me your experience of developing an ego identity?” Data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory methodology.
Results
The core category of the experiences of ego identity development in Korean nursing students was ‘trying to be a different new person’. Action/interaction strategies were ‘solving the problem using experiences’, ‘making one’s own success story’, and ‘making harmony with others’. Consequences were ‘being sure of oneself as a new person’.
Conclusion
Korean nursing students tried to use their experiences, achieve success, and harmonize with others. Their efforts were influenced by conflicts and supports of people around. Therefore, nurse educators should understand contextual and intervening conditions of nursing students, and try to help them achieve ego identities.

Citations

• Influence of perceived parental child-rearing attitudes and ego identity on college adjustment among Korean nursing students
  Hye Seon Choi, Sona Lee, Eunju Seo
  BMC Nursing.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Changes of ego identity and psychosocial maturity in nursing students: A longitudinal study
  Hyun Young Koo, Jae Suk Lee
  Nurse Education Today.2020; 94: 104574.     CrossRef
• Experiences of the Development of Parent-Child Relations among Korean College Students
  Hyun Young Koo
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(4): 420.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of career decision making by Korean nursing students.
Methods
The participants were 18 nursing students from one nursing college. Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews, and the main question was, “Could you describe your experience of making a career decision?” Data from the field and transcribed notes were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory methodology.
Results
Core category of nursing students’ experiences in making career decisions was ‘trying to find the way of being a nurse’. Action/interaction strategies were ‘becoming one’s own self’, ‘actively exploring the way of being a nurse’, and ‘experiencing one’s own achievement as a future nurse’. Consequences were ‘deciding on the career on one’s own’ and ‘career indecision on one’s own’.
Conclusion
The findings indicate that nursing students tried to know themselves, explore careers and experience their achievements, and that their efforts were influenced by real situations and support systems. Therefore, nurse educators should develop systems and programs to help students in nursing make career decisions.

Citations

• Effects of Career Anchors on Nursing Students’ Professional Self-concept and Work Values
  Jae Woo Oh, Ji Ah Song
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursi.2024; 31(4): 435.     CrossRef
• Career choice experiences of nursing students
  Hyun Ju Kim, Ji Hyun Kim
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing .2022; 28(2): 127.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Career Preparation Behavior of Mature Age Student Nurses
  Jong Mi Lim, Ok-Hee Cho
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursi.2021; 28(1): 23.     CrossRef
• Experiences of the Development of Parent-Child Relations among Korean College Students
  Hyun Young Koo
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(4): 420.     CrossRef
• Korean Nursing Students’ Experience of Ego Identity Development
  Hyun Young Koo
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(3): 340.     CrossRef

Purpose
Little is known about the dieting experiences of obese adolescent boys, as the majority of studies on obesity in children and adolescents have included only girls. This qualitative study was designed to explore the ways in which male middle school boys attach subjective meanings to their obese bodies, and experience dieting practices in their everyday lives.
Methods
Fifteen obese boys aged 14 to 16 were interviewed via in-depth, face-to-face interviews. All interview data were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis.
Results
Having a large build and increased strength that prevented bullying by peers had positive meanings participants attributed to their obese bodies. However, negative meanings existed as well, including feeling heavy and having no physical endurance, having a clammy and odorous body, and being bullied and vulnerable to disease. With respect to dieting experiences, multiple positive and negative subthemes were identified.
Conclusion
The findings of this study show the intersection between adolescence and everyday life challenges for obese middle school boys in the Korean culture. Further, recommendations for healthcare professionals include a gender-specific approaches when intervening and planning programs for obese adolescents.

Purpose
The purpose of the study was to identify and describe the caregiving difficulties that mothers of children with spina bifida experience from their own perspectives.
Methods
A qualitative descriptive study was designed. Data were collected from five mini-focus group interviews and four individual interviews using open-ended questions. Nineteen mothers of children with mild spina bifida participated in the study during 2014-2015. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to identify major difficulties perceived by the mothers.
Results
Five domains were identified with 12 subdomains. “Daily routine continence management” describes difficulties arising in bladder and bowel management for the child with spina bifida. “Management of school life of child” deals with difficulties in relation to the school facilities, such as the toilets, as well as teachers and friends. “Relationship with family and neighbors” illustrates problems in relations with their spouse, normal children, relatives and neighbors. “Maintaining physical and psychological health” includes physical and psychological problems of the mothers. “Finance” describes economic burden that the mothers face in the management of child’s illness.
Conclusion
The findings from this study provide insight into the practical issues related to the management of chronic conditions of children with spina bifida from the mothers’ perspectives.

Citations

• Factors associated with transition readiness among adolescents and young adults with spina bifida in South Korea
  Eun Kyoung Choi, Yoonhye Ji, Eunyoung Jung, Eunjeong Bae
  Journal of Child Health Care.2026; 30(1): 64.     CrossRef
• Illness Experiences of Adults with Spina Bifida: Protecting the Whole Self
  Seoung-Wha Lim, Myungsun Yi
  Asian Nursing Research.2021; 15(1): 67.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of the study was to describe the parenting experience of parents of children with chronic illness in Korea.
Methods
A conventional contents analysis was used for the study. Twelve mothers of chronically ill children participated in the study. Qualitative data were analyzed using the Morse and Field method.
Results
Four categories, 10 subcategories and 42 codes emerged from the data on the parenting experience of parents of children with chronic illness. The four categories were ‘Sacrifice and full-engagement within self-mortification’, ‘Renormalization of collapsed daily life’, ‘Paving a new way for independence’ and ‘Growing together of myself and the family’.
Conclusion
Parents of children with chronic illness experienced not only negative aspects such as a confusion but also re-normalization and growing together. Based on the results, health professionals need to develop effective nursing interventions toward positive parenting for these parents and their children with chronic illnesses.

Citations

• Spousal support, parent–nurse partnership and caregiver burden among parents of children with chronic diseases: A cross‐sectional study
  Jihye Kim, Heemin Chae, Yoonjung Kim
  Journal of Clinical Nursing.2024; 33(7): 2649.     CrossRef
• Serial Dual Mediating Effects of Parenting Stress on Life Satisfaction among Parents of School-Aged Children with Chronic Conditions
  Jeong-Won Han, Boeun Yang, Hanna Lee
  Healthcare.2024; 12(4): 461.     CrossRef
• Risk and protective factors for a salutogenic sense of health in adolescents with Moyamoya disease
  Won‐Oak Oh, Kyu Won Shim, In‐Sun Yeom, Il Tae Park, Yoo Jin Heo, Jihee Han
  International Journal of Nursing Practice.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The mediating effects of parenting style on the relationship between parental stress and behavioral problems in girls with precocious puberty in Korea: a cross-sectional study
  Ahreum Kwon, Young Il Cho, Hyo Jin Kim, Junghwan Suh, Dong Hee Kim
  BMC Pediatrics.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• A Case Study on Experience of Parents with Children who are Youth Athletes
  Yu seong Na, Ji Hyun Oh
  The Korean Journal of Community Living Science.2023; 34(3): 401.     CrossRef
• Role of Fungal Species in the Etiology of Nasal Polyposis
  Ozan Özdemir, Aysel Karataş, Tolga Kırgezen, Mert Ahmet Kuşkucu, Enes Yiğit, Özlem Doğan, Özgür Yiğit
  Istanbul Medical Journal.2023; 24(3): 267.     CrossRef
• An educational design and development project for pediatric heart transplant recipients and their families
  Go-Eun Kim, Eun Kyoung Choi, HyeJung Lee, Yu-Mi Im
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2022; 66: e152.     CrossRef
• A Predictive Model of Resilience in Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities
  Youyoung Cho, Hyeonok Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2022; 52(4): 407.     CrossRef
• Family Management Style and Psychosocial Health of Children with Chronic Conditions
  YeoJin Im, Dong Hee Kim
  Journal of Child and Family Studies.2021; 30(2): 483.     CrossRef
• Parenting Changes of Mothers of a Child with Cancer
  Min Ah Kim, Jaehee Yi, Aurene Wilford, Soo Hyun Kim
  Journal of Family Issues.2020; 41(4): 460.     CrossRef
• Depression and Fear about Maturation in Girls with Precocious Puberty and Depression and Anxiety in Their Mothers
  이민주, 박신애, 백성환
  JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MATERNAL AND CHIL.2018; 22(3): 162.     CrossRef
• Mothers’ Experiences of Caring for Visually Impaired Children
  Sangeun Oh
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(2): 219.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing the Quality of Life in Mothers of Children with Precocious Puberty
  Suyoung Lee, Gaeun Kim
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(3): 312.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was done to identify the meaning and substantial nature of NICU practice among nursing students by applying a research method based on hermeneutic phenomenology in an attempt to lay a foundation for enhancing theoretical and practical child nursing education.
Methods
The participants were eight nursing student who had experience in clinical practicing in NICU. In-depth interviews were performed from April to December, 2014 until data were fully saturated. Collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s method.
Results
Seven theme clusters were extracted from fourteen themes. The seven theme clusters of the nursing students’ clinical practice experience in NICU were: 1) Excitement about the clinical practice setting 2) Afraid of practice environment 3) Babies have priority over clinical practice 4) Comparing with adult nursing clinical practice 5) Feeling pity for babies and their parents 6) New awareness about the role of nurses 7) Demands of enhancing clinical practice.
Conclusion
The results of the study provide useful information in understanding nursing students’ practice experience in NICU and establishing effective strategies to support these nursing students.

Citations

• Task performance, task importance, and educational needs for novice-level nursing tasks as perceived by neonatal intensive care unit nurses with various levels of experience in South Korea: a cross-sectional study
  You La Ha, Hun Ha Cho
  Child Health Nursing Research.2026; 32(1): 80.     CrossRef
• Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Yenidoğan Bakım ve Yoğun Bakım Deneyimleri: Fenomenolojik Bir Çalışma
  Rıdvan Akdoğan, Selime Bingöl
  Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi.2026; 42(2): 177.     CrossRef
• Experiences of Nursing Interns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Saudi Arabia: A Phenomenological Study
  Ahmad Ismail, Rawan Gashgari
  Cureus.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Nursing students experiences in neonatal care: A qualitative study
  Carina Barreira, Inês Rodrigues, Fernanda Loureiro
  Journal of Neonatal Nursing.2023; 29(3): 559.     CrossRef
• Development of a protocol for guidance in the pediatric nursing practicum in South Korea: a methodology study
  Hyun Young Koo, Bo Ryeong Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2022; 28(1): 51.     CrossRef
• Development of a Project-Based Learning Program on High-Risk Newborn Care for Nursing Students and Its Effects: A Quasi-Experimental Study
  Hyun-Young Koo, Young-Eun Gu, Bo-Ryeong Lee
  International Journal of Environmental Research an.2022; 19(9): 5249.     CrossRef
• Effectiveness of neonatal emergency nursing education through simulation training: Flipped learning based on Tanner’s Clinical Judgement Model
  Sun‐Yi Yang
  Nursing Open.2021; 8(3): 1314.     CrossRef
• Educational needs for practicing neonatal intensive care among Korean nursing students
  Hyun Young Koo, Bo Ryeong Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2021; 27(4): 339.     CrossRef
• Nursing Students' Practice Experience on Community Visiting Nursing
  Jae-Hyun Ha, Jeong-Hee Park
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nurs.2020; 31(1): 43.     CrossRef
• Developing Nursing Standard Guidelines for Nurses in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Delphi Study
  Hanna Lee, Da-Jung Kim, Jeong-Won Han
  Healthcare.2020; 8(3): 320.     CrossRef
• Levels of Nursing Students’ Core Skills Performance, Satisfaction, and Clinical Judgment According to Four Types of High-risk Neonatal Nursing Simulation during Three Phases
  Eun Jung Cho, Won Kee Lee
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(2): 206.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The study aimed to identity specific needs for services and programs to help childhood cancer survivors adjust and adapt to life after treatment.
METHODS
In-depth interviews were conducted with 31 childhood cancer survivors, diagnosed with cancer before the age of 18 and currently between 15 and 39 years of age. Each survivor had completed his/her cancer treatment.
RESULTS
The participating cancer survivors reported needs for services related to psychological counseling, schooling and learning, social skills, mentorship, integrated health management, self support activities, families of survivors, and public recognition and awareness.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study indicate a need to better understand childhood cancer survivors, provides a basis for developing various services and programs to improve the quality of life among childhood cancer patients, survivors, and their families, and supports the importance of psychosocial adjustment.

Citations

• GPT-empowered question-answer dataset for informative and empathetic support for Korean childhood cancer survivors
  Kyubum Hwang, Mirae Kim, Min Ah Kim, Chaerim Park, Yehwi Park, Chungyeon Lee, Jooyoung Lim, Hayoung Oh
  Expert Systems with Applications.2026; 298: 129548.     CrossRef
• Measure of perceived social support from family, friends, and healthcare providers for Korean adolescents and young adults with cancer
  Heeyeon Son, Sungsil Hong, Michin Hong, Susan G. Silva
  Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing.2023; 10(7): 100244.     CrossRef
• Development and psychometric properties of the social adjustment scale for youth cancer survivors in South Korea
  Sumi Oh, Hyejung Lee, Sue Kim, Sanghee Kim, Chuhl Joo Lyu, Chang Gi Park, Hyoung Jin Kang
  Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing.2023; 10(7): 100241.     CrossRef
• How do they grow out of their cancer experience? Korean adolescent and young adult cancer survivors’ stories
  Jaehee Yi, Min Ah Kim, Jesmin Akter
  Ethnicity & Health.2021; 26(8): 1163.     CrossRef
• Self-efficacy, post-traumatic growth, and quality of life of pediatric cancer survivors: A cross-sectional study
  Yeunhee Kwak, Yoonjung Kim, Eun Seok Choi, Ho Joon Im
  European Journal of Oncology Nursing.2021; 54: 102019.     CrossRef
• Korean parents’ perceptions of the challenges and needs on school re-entry during or after childhood and adolescent cancer: a multi-institutional survey by Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
  Jun Ah Lee, Jae Min Lee, Hyeon Jin Park, Meerim Park, Byung Kiu Park, Hee Young Ju, Ji Yoon Kim, Sang Kyu Park, Young Ho Lee, Ye Jee Shim, Heung Sik Kim, Kyung Duk Park, Yeon-Jung Lim, Hee Won Chueh, Ji Kyoung Park, Soon Ki Kim, Hyoung Soo Choi, Hyo Seop
  Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics.2020; 63(4): 141.     CrossRef
• Evaluation of the TSL® Program for Parents of Children With Cancer
  Kwonho Choi, Jae Yop Kim
  Research on Social Work Practice.2018; 28(2): 146.     CrossRef
• Adaptation Experience and Social Support Network of Adolescent Cancer Survivors
  Eunji Cho, Eun Sook Park
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(2): 238.     CrossRef
• Exploration of life experiences of positive growth in long-term childhood cancer survivors
  Yoonjung Kim
  European Journal of Oncology Nursing.2017; 30: 60.     CrossRef
• Worries of childhood cancer survivors in young adulthood
  Jaehee Yi, Min Ah Kim, Jina Sang
  European Journal of Oncology Nursing.2016; 21: 113.     CrossRef
• Childhood cancer survivors' experiences in school re-entry in South Korea: Focusing on academic problems and peer victimization
  Jaehee Yi, Min Ah Kim, Jun Sung Hong, Jesmin Akter
  Children and Youth Services Review.2016; 67: 263.     CrossRef
• Health-related Needs and Quality of Life in Childhood Cancer Survivors
  Su-Jin Lim
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2015; 15(4): 246.     CrossRef
• Postcancer Experiences of Childhood Cancer Survivors: How Is Posttraumatic Stress Related to Posttraumatic Growth?
  Jaehee Yi, Min Ah Kim
  Journal of Traumatic Stress.2014; 27(4): 461.     CrossRef
• Impact of psychological and cancer-related factors on HRQoL for Korean childhood cancer survivors
  Myung Ah Rhee, Kyong Mee Chung, Yuri Lee, Hana K. Choi, Jung Woo Han, Hyo Sun Kim, Sun Hee Kim, Yoon Jung Shin, Chuhl Joo Lyu
  Quality of Life Research.2014; 23(9): 2603.     CrossRef
• Perceived long-term and physical health problems after cancer: Adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer in Korea
  Jaehee Yi, Min Ah Kim, Tian Tian
  European Journal of Oncology Nursing.2014; 18(2): 145.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Logotherapy on Meaning of Life of Early Adolescents with Cancer
  Shin-Jeong Kim, Kyung-Ah Kang, Sun-Jeong Park, Myung-Nam Lee, Young-Hee Kim
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2013; 13(1): 49.     CrossRef
• Psychological Distress in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer in Korea
  Min Ah Kim, Jaehee Yi
  Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing.2013; 30(2): 99.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to identify the significance of smoking experiences in high school girls, and to define essential structures of the experience.
METHODS
A phenomenological approach was used for this study. Data were collected using in-depth interviews. Study participants were 8 high school girls who had experience with smoking. The method proposed by Giorgi (1985) was used to guide the process of data analysis.
RESULTS
Themes which emerged from the data were: 'Beginning to smoke affected by surroundings', 'Self intention to begin smoking', 'Stimulated smoking drive (appetite)', 'Giving emotional comfort', 'Mood of overlooking teenagers' smoking', 'Smoking dead zone', 'Knowing that smoking is not suitable', 'Habitual smoking', 'Prejudice against women smoking', and 'Admitting that women smoke'.
CONCLUSION
The findings provide an understanding of the smoking experience by high school girls and indicate that in order to develop the most effective nursing interventions to help female adolescents stop smoking, consideration needs to be given to the developmental stage of high school students.

Citations

• Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors according to the Status of Combustible Cigarette and Noncombustible Nicotine or Tobacco Product Use among Korean Adolescents with Experience Attempting to Reduce or Maintain Their Body Weight: The 15th Korea Youth Risk B
  A Ra Bong, Young Gyu Cho, Hyun Ah Park, Kyo Woon Kim
  Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2024; 45(4): 223.     CrossRef
• Smoking and Smoking Cessation in Women
  Sang Keun Hahm, Hyeon Suk Kim, Eon Sook Lee
  Journal of the Korean Society for Research on Nico.2022; 13(2): 35.     CrossRef
• Sex Differences in Multilevel Factors of Smoking Experimentation and Age of Initiation in Korean Adolescents
  Eun-Mi Kim, Eunhee Park, Heejung Kim
  The Journal of School Nursing.2020; 36(5): 348.     CrossRef
• Mahasiswi perokok: Studi fenomenologi tentang perempuan perokok di kampus
  Fauzi Maulana Rizky Akbar
  Jurnal Sosiologi Dialektika.2020; 15(1): 33.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The main purpose of this study was to observe the adaptation experience process of adolescents with hematologic malignancies. METHODS: The Grounded Theory Method, developed by Strauss & Corbin (1998), was used in this study. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with 10 adolescents with cancer. Data collection and analysis occurred concurrently. Theoretical sampling technique was used until the data reached saturation.
RESULTS
"A deviated life" was verified as the central phenomenon for adolescents with cancer. The adaptation experience process was divided into 3 steps: "Self-confusion", "Reinterpretation", and "Regeneration of self". Through these 3 steps, the adolescents with hematologic malignancies fitted a new life by self-integration. CONCLUSION: The results of this study provide a frame for individualized nursing intervention strategies in helping with the psychosocial adaptation of adolescents with hematologic malignancies.

Citations

• Grieving among Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Situational Analysis.
  Juhye Jin
  Child Health Nursing Research.2014; 20(1): 49.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to explore the professional identity of elementary school health teachers.
METHODS
In-depth interviews with fifteen elementary school health teachers were conducted from July 2010 to August 2012. Qualitative data collected by the researcher including transcription and field notes were analyzed through an adapted methodology based on the Grounded Theory of Strauss and Corbin.
RESULTS
Fifteen categories, 35 sub-categories and 120 concepts were obtained. The key category that was consistently maintained in identity formation was 'keeping themselves being a teacher providing nursing' which has three styles, 'focusing on health education', 'combining nursing and education' and 'focusing on providing nursing care'.
CONCLUSION
Results of this study will provide basic information for preparing manuals regarding the range of activities in school health teachers' jobs, improving promotion and merit payment systems for school health teachers, creating support programs for them, and contributing to the formation and establishment of their professional identity.

Citations

• Male nurses’ adaptation experiences after turnover to community institutions in Korea: A grounded theory methodology
  Ja-Sook Kim, Suhyun Kim, Hyang-In Cho Chung, Sally Mohammed Farghaly
  PLOS ONE.2024; 19(5): e0302819.     CrossRef
• School Nurses’ Perception of Job Performance Difficulties, Job Stress, Job Identity and Job Satisfaction
  Eun Kyo Cho, Hyun Jung Moon
  Research in Community and Public Health Nursing.2023; 34: 43.     CrossRef
• Perceived Discrimination and Workplace Violence among School Health Teachers: Relationship with School Organizational Climate
  Joohee Kim, Young Ko
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nurs.2022; 33(4): 432.     CrossRef
• School Novice Health Teachers’ Perception of Job Performance Difficulties and Job Satisfaction
  Seomoon Jang, Gyuyoung Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nurs.2021; 32(4): 566.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how adolescent survivors of childhood cancer grieve the death of cancer peers.
METHODS
Data were obtained from Korean adolescents with cancer between the ages of 13 and 18 (N=12) through semi-structured interviews (face-to-face, telephone, and Internet chatting), observations of the social dynamics of participants in self-help groups, and retrieval of personal Web journals. Based on the grounded theory methodology, data collection and analysis were conducted simultaneously, and constant comparative methods were used. Clarke's situational analysis was adopted, and this paper focused on presenting "how to" and "what we can learn" from this analytic strategy.
RESULTS
Mapping examples were visualized using of three modes of maps. Adolescent cancer survivors coped with reminders of the "darkness" that ultimately featured their overall grief. Additionally, adolescents' encounters and avoidance of grief were triggered by introspection and interactions with family and friends.
CONCLUSION
Situational analysis provided an efficient way to analyze the experiences of adolescent survivors of childhood cancer by systematizing possible information within the relational social contexts of the research phenomenon.

Citations

• A Study on Family Members’ Experiences of Loss Before the Death of a Terminal Cancer Patient*
  Won Kyung CHANG, Kyongjin AHN
  Korean Journal of Medical Ethics.2021; 24(2): 171.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to describe the essential structure of the lived experience of working women raising children.
METHOD
Data were collected from 10 employed women with children who were under 2 years of age. The analysis of the data was done using the phenomenological analytic method suggested by Colaizzi (1978).
RESULTS
In this study, 6 essential themes were extracted: 'knowing by intuition child-rearing is difficult', 'having guilt-conscious of not being able to perform duties as a mother', 'hard work of maintaining two jobs', 'Lost self', 'realizing that one has become amother', 'thirsting for a social support system'.
CONCLUSION
With a rapidly increasing number of working women, the significance of this study in the field of nursing is in understanding the child-rearing experience of working women. The findings indicate the need for a systemic and emotional support system for working women raising children.