Factors Influencing Professionalism of Nurses in Community Based Non-life Insurance Company in South Korea Song En-Ju1, Kim Bo Young2,* 1Nurse Counselor, Gwangju OK Hospital, Pung-yeonglo 214, Gwangsangu, 62225, Gwangju, Korea 2Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, 816-15 Jinju-daero, Jinju, 52727, Gyeongnam, Korea *Corresponding Author: Bo Young Kim Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, 816-15 Jinju-daero, Jinju, 52727, Gyeongnam, Korea e-mail: bkimjhu@gmail.com Tel.: +82-55-772-8248
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract The purpose of this study was attempted to increase the nursing professionalism of nurse in community based non-life insurance companies (CBNLIC) by understanding effects of Ethical dilemmas and decisionmaking type on their professionalism. This study utilized a structured questionnaire survey of nurses in CBNLIC (103 nurses) in the whole country. Data were collected from 1 August to 31 August, 2015. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, one way ANOVA, and multiple regressions using the SPSS 20.0 program. This study showed that major variables which had statistically meaningful differences on nursing professionalism were job satisfaction (β=.364, p<.001), reasonable decision-making type (β=.258, p= 003), dependent decision-making type (β=-. 289, p=.002). And those variables explained 38.2% of nursing professionalism (F=11.501, p<.001). Developing a program which can improve quality of nurse in non-life insurance company, is required to enhance their performance. Top Keywords Insurance, nurses, professionalism, ethics, decision-making. Top |