Nurses' Attitude toward Migrant Wives

Kim, Duck-Hee; Kim, Shin-Mi; Lee, Yun-Jung; Park, Hern-Rye; Cho, Myung-Sook; Koo, Hyo-Jin

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2010;16(2):321-329.
Published online December 31, 2010.

Kim, Duck-Hee;Kim, Shin-Mi;Lee, Yun-Jung;Park, Hern-Rye;Cho, Myung-Sook;Koo, Hyo-Jin;

¹Department of Nursing, Woosuk University
²Department of Nursing, Changwon University
³Department of Nursing, Woosuk University
⁴CNO, Department of Nursing, Chonbuk University Hospital
⁵Department of Clinical Nursing Science at Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
⁶Department of Early Childhood Special Education, Woosuk University

결혼이민 여성에 대한 간호사의 태도

김덕희, 김신미, 이윤정, 박헌례, 조명숙, 구효진

¹우석대학교 간호학과
²창원대학교 간호학과
³우석대학교 간호학과
⁴전북대학교병원 간호부
⁵성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 임상간호학교실
⁶우석대학교 유아특수교육학과

Abstract

Purpose
The survey was performed to explore nurses' attitudes toward migrant wives in Korean society. Method: Four hundred thirty-eight respondents were recruited from 2 acute hospitals from 2 different geological areas. The attitude inventory to measure attitude toward migrant wives was utilized, which includes 6 factors such as prejudice, reliability, offensiveness, interests, acceptance, and influence. Result: The overall attitude was slightly positive (3.23) and reliability was the only non-positive scoring factor. Among the general characteristics education level showed a significant difference in 5 factors consistently compared to other characteristics. Conclusion: It can be concluded that Korean nurses tend to take a neutral to slightly positive attitude toward migrant wives. Therefore, any influence from nurses' attitudes related to migrant wives can be ignored. Obstacles or barriers which could hamper nursing care for migrant wives need to be identified and studies of strategies to overcome any existing barriers are called for.

Key Words: Nurse, Migrant wives, Attitude