This study was attempted to evaluate and explain the correlation between stress and utilization of Dispensary, Frequency of absence, Frequency of accident as the health condition of blue-collared workers. The subjects for this study were 260 workers selected conveniently from 360 workers working at one chemical manufacturer located in Seoul. The data measure the Stress was collected through SRRS (The Social Readjustment Rating Scale) which is developed by Holems & Rahe (1976) from 27th July to 10th August, 1983. The data of Utilization of Dispensary and Frequency of Accident were brought out from the record of Dispensary during past 8 months. The Frequency of Absence from January to August were collected through diligence and indolence cards of each departments. All collected data were analysed based on the SPSS(Statistical Package for the Social Science) program. The results of the study are as follows: 1. The average of Utilization of Dispensary was 7.4, Frequency of absence 14.6, Frequency of Accident 0.4. 2. The average score of Stress was 134(minimum : 0, maximum : 593, Standard deviation : 109.3). It can be considered as a slight stressed group by the requlations of Holmes and Rahe. 3. According to the analysed results of correlation between Stress and the Utilization of Dispensary, Frequency of Absence, Frequency of Accident, the Utilization of dispensary and stress were significantly related (r=0.1955, p<0.001), the Frequency of Absence (r=0.0284, p>0.05), and the Frequency of Absence (r=0.0284, p>0.05), and the Frequency of Accident (r=0.0831, p>0.05) were not significantly related with Stress. 4. In the relation between general characters of subjects and the Utilization of Dispensary, 20 to 25 aged group, women, single, christian, lent-house dwelling, 1 to 5 years employed group used at a high ratio. 5. In the relation between general character of subjects and the Frequency of Absence, men, 51 to 55 aged group, 21 to 25 years employed group indicated high Frequency, and other characters were not significantly related. 6. In the relation between general characters of subjects and the Frequency of Accident, women, single, 20 to 25 aged group, catholic, lent-house dwelling, below 1 year employed group showed high frequency. 7. Stress showed a significant difference only with a religion. Catholic group represented moderate stressed scored 209.67, and not significantly related with other general characters.

The purpose of this study was to define the relationship between the leadership style of head nurses and the burnout level of nurses by taking into consideration the factors which influence the level of burnout and which show how burnout varies according to the leadership style of head nurses. The subjects of the survey were 355 ward nurses and their 48 head nurses working in five university hospitals in Seoul. The nurses were surveyed by means of a questionnaire from Sept. 22 though Sept. 29, 1983. The Leadership Scale devised by Fleishman, and modified by Lee, and the Burnout Scale developed by Pines et al, and adapted to the Korean situation by Peek, were used as a basis of this survey. This researcher subjected the questionnaire to a pre-test and to an internal reliability consistency test through item analysis. For the purpose of analysis of the data, the general characteristics were set at Mean and the general characteristics of head nurses in relation to the level of burnout of nurses was analysed by the Pearson Correlation Coefficient. The relation between head nurses' general characteristics and leadership style, the relation between nurses' general characteristics and level of burnout and the level of burnout of nurses according to the different style of leadership of head nurses were analysed by ANOVA. A summary of the results of the study is as follows 1. Hypothesis: "That the burnout level of the nurse will be different according to the leadership style of the head nurse" was supported. 2. Analysis of the relationship between the head nurse's general characteristics and the leadership style of the head nurse showed that the leadership style of the head nurse was not related to age and experience as head nurse. 3. Analysis of the relationship of nurses' burnout levels to general characteristics of nurses showed statistically significant differences in burnout levels according to working departments, expected working period and reasons for selecting nursing as a profession. Also, the burnout level of nurses was negatively related to the head nurse's age and experience as a head nurse.

This study was carried out to collect basic information of the budget and management of the nursing service equipment. A survey was conducted with charge nurses (72), head nurses (400), supervisors (93), nursing directors (43) in 134 Hospitals. The questionnaire was consisted of 34 questions related to management of budget, facility, supplies, and equipment. We investigated from 10th to 22nd, Oct 1983. The results obtained were summarized as follows: 1) A budget for the department of nursing was 65.4% (51/78) 2) A budget committee was 43.6% (34/78) 3) 51.3% took corrective action for the deviation from the budget, if indicated (40/78) 4) An established lost consciousness program in the hospital was 87.2% (64/68) 5) A formalized system for the maintenance of supplies for the patient care units was 87.2% 6) 87.9% had stocks level which was established for patient care units. 7) 64.6% had safeguards for the storage of special equipment which was investigated regularly in 54.7%. 8) The director of nursing or her representative, participates in the selection was 72.4%. 9) 58.2% was provided instruction in the use of equipment by manufacturers of technical equipment.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the maternal perception of her newborn and identify the risk of mother-infant relationship. Broussard's Neonatal Perception Inventories were completed by 113 mothers on the first or second postpartum day (Time I) while they were still in the University Hospital. These inventories were again administered when the infants were approximately one month of age (Time II). The data was analyzed by S.P.S.S. program and the results were as follows: 1) There were differences between the mothers' expertations of the average baby and perceptions of their babies at Time I and Time II (p<0.01). 2) The maternal perception of her newborn at Time I was not related with the education, the parity, the experience of abortion, the type of delivery and the sex of baby but related with the method of feeding (p<0.05). 3) The maternal perception of her newborn at TimeII was not related with the education, the parity, the experience of abortion, the type of delivery and the method of feeding but related with the sex of baby (p<0.05). 4) The changes of maternal perception between Time I and Time II were not related with the education, the parity, the experience of abortion, the method of delivery and the sex of baby but related with the method of feeding (p<0.1). 5) The maternal perception of the newborn was not correlated with the age and the duration of labor.

The main purpose of this study is to observe patterns of pain of surgical patients following surgery. The postoperative pain was checked with the interval of every 2 hours from 6 hours to 80 hours after surgery. Graphic rating scale from unidimensional concept of pain and sensory intensity scale and unpleasantness scale from two dimensional concept of pain were used for pain measurement. Thirty two patients were participated in this study in which 22 were undergone upper abdominal surgery, 7 thyroid or neck surgery and 3 other surgeries. The findings obtained from this study were as follows: 1) In all cases of using 3 different pain measurement tools, postoperative pain was markedly decreased since 36 hours after surgery. In case of patient's less cooperation, either sensory intensity scale or graphic rating scale may be chosen for the measurement of pain. 2) Pain amounts measured by sensory intensity scale were highly correlated with those measured by unpleasantness scale in all situations except several situations having few cases included. Unpleasantness scale may be separately used for the measurement of affective response due to pain. 3) Almost 90% of total amount of analgesics used for relief of pain were used within 36 hours after surgery. 4) Mean frequency of analgesics used by every patient during 80 hours following surgery was 0.84.

The general fearfulness of hospitalized school-age children and the emotional anxiety of their mothers were investigated and compared to those of normal children and their mothers, in order to provide theoretical basis for establishing comprehensive nursing care of hospitalized children including their mothers. The present study was carried out from Sept. 5th to Oct. 3rd, 1983. A total of 81 hospital i zed children and their mothers were investigated and 95 normal elementary school children and their mothers as control group were surveyed. The general fearfulness of children and the emotional anxiety of their mothers were measured through questionaire by using Geer's FSS-II scale and Spielberger's STAI scale, respectively. The results were analyzed by computer using S.P.S.S. program and summarized as follows: 1. The emotional anxiety of the mothers of hospitalized children was greater than that of normal children's mothers.(P=0.000). 2. The general fearfulness of hospitalized children was greater than that of normal children (P=0.000). 3. The general fearfulness of hospitalized children varied with children's age and sex, mother's age and mother's experience of hospitalization. a) The general fearfulness of the hospitalized children at the age of 7~9 was greater than that of the age 10~12. (P=0.020) b) Girl's scored greater fearfulness than boys. (P=0.037) c) The younger mother's age resulted in the higher children fearfulness. (P=0.0059) d) When the mothers did not have experience of hospitalization, the children's fearfulness was high. (P=0.014) 4. The anxiety-state of hospitalized children's mother was proportionally reacted to their anxiety-trait. (r=0.694, P=0.000) 5. The relationship between mother's emotional anxiety and their hospitalized children's general fearfulness failed to show statistical significance. (r=0.1184, P>0.05). These results indicated that the general fearfulness of hospitalized children was affected by environmental factors beside mother's emotional anxiety. An extensive study on the factors influencing the general fearfulness of hospitalized children is needed.