Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of elderly cancer patients' knowledge of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), social support, and self-efficacy on infection prevention behavior. Methods: The subjects of the study were 89 elderly people aged 65 or older who were receiving cancer treatment. Structured questionnaires were used to assess COVID-19 knowledge, social support, self-efficacy, and infection prevention behavior. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Results: COVID-19 knowledge was positively correlated with family support (r = .28, p = .008). In addition, a positive correlation between performance of infection prevention behavior and family support (r = .26, p = .014) was observed. Multiple regression analysis revealed that family support (β=.30, p = .015) and self-efficacy (β=.22, p = .040) had a significant effect on infection prevention behaviors. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that interventions focused on increasing family support are needed to improve infection prevention compliance in elderly cancer patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between job stress, resilience, and burnout among nurses participating in COVID-19 patient care, and to investigate the factors influencing burnout. Methods: Data were collected from 144 nurses who participated directly in COVID-19 patient care in hospitals from June 1 to October 20, 2021. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: There was a significant positive correlation between job stress and the resilience of the subjects (r = .25, p < 0.01) and a negative correlation between resilience and burnout (r = -.51, p < 0.01). Multiple regression analysis revealed that job stress (β = .25, p = .001) and resilience (β = -.57, p < .001) had a significant effect on burnout. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that increased job stress and reduced resilience of nurses who participated in COVID-19 patient care had a significant effect on burnout. These findings are expected to provide insight into burnout experienced by nurses, which could be improved by reducing job stress and increasing resilience in crisis situations.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of the factors of fear of COVID-19 and job-esteem on infection control in newly graduated registered nurses in a general hospital. Methods: This descriptive study used collected data from 159 newly graduated registered nurses working in a general hospital in Seoul; data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: Job-esteem (β = .20, p = .011) significantly influenced infection control, while fear of COVID-19 was ot related to the infection control performance. Conclusion: The study results indicate that job-esteem influences the infection control performance of new nurses. Therefore, to improve infection control performance, the reinforcing program of job esteem should be pursued to the newly graduated registered nurses.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the influences of spiritual wellbeing and attitude toward death on terminal care attitude among Korean nursing students. Methods: The participants were 146 nursing undergraduates from two nursing schools in Korea. The students responded to a self-report questionnaire that included demographics, spiritual wellbeing, attitude toward death and terminal care attitude. Results: In total, 71.9% of the participants were religious, 95.2%, and 67.8% had hospice education. The mean score of spiritual wellbeing of the students who were religious was significantly higher than among those who were not. Regression analysis indicated that existential spiritual wellbeing, attitude toward death, and Christian schooling were the most significant predictors of terminal care attitude. These explained 39.6% of variation in terminal care attitude. Conclusion: Death-related education is needed throughout the nursing curriculum including to develop a positive terminal care attitude. In this way, nursing undergraduates will be better prepared to cope positively and constructively with the suffering and death they will encounter and thus may minimize the distress they experience with patient death. may also create a significant positive increase in nurses' terminal care attitude.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to clarify the cultural competence of nurses who care for foreign inpatients in attempt to resolve medical inequality. Methods: Walker and Avant's concept analysis process was used in this study based on antecedent studies. Results: The components of cultural competence of nurses who care for foreign inpatients are recognition of multiculturism, multicultural communication, support from organization, self-efficacy, cultural sensitivity, and empathy. The antecedents are multicultural society and deficiency of cultural competency education for nurse. The consequence of such competency is culturally aware nursing care. Conclusion: The aim of cultural competence in nurses who care for foreign inpatients is to promote health and well-being of patients from many cultures based on organizational support, recognition of cultural characteristics, and respectful and empathic attitudes. To make this possible, nurses need cultural competency education and institutional support. Culturally competent nursing is expected to improve quality care.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze and compare job satisfaction and its related factors of nursing care integrated service and general unit nurses. Methods: The participants were 345 nurses from 8 general hospitals working in the Kyungsang area. Data were collected from August through September 2018, by a structured self-administered questionnaire measuring general characteristics, nursing practice environment, emotional labor, nursing professionalism, and job satisfaction. The data were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics 25 program. Results: The participants were 170 nurses working in the nursing care integrated service unit and 175 nurses working in the general unit. The factors associated with job satisfaction in integrated service unit nurses were total years of clinical experience (β = -.11, p = .047), nursing practice environment (β = .52, p < .001), and nursing professionalism (β = .22, p = .009), which explained 51.0% of the variance. The factors of job satisfaction in general unit nurses were nursing practice environment (β = .55, p < .001) and emotional modulation efforts (β = .18, p = .006), explaining 51.0% of the variance. Conclusion: In order to increase the job satisfaction of nurses, a good work environment should be created through the efforts of associated units.