Cognition of registered nurse on emergency treatment for oral and maxillofacial injury in Jeju province

Lee,  Byoung-Jin; Song,  Hyo-Jeong; Lim,  Gil-Chai; Kahm,  Se-Hoon; Kim,  Sung-Joon

doi:2012.50.12.763

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 50(12); 2012 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2012;50(12):763-770.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2012.50.12.006 Published online December 31, 2012.

제주 지역 간호사의 구강 악안면 영역 손상에 대한 응급 처치 인식도

이병진¹, 송효정², 임길채³, 감세훈⁴, 김성준⁵

^¹조선대학교 치의학전문대학원 예방치학교실
^²제주대학교 간호대학 간호학과
^³제주대학교 의학전문대학원 이비인후과학교실
^⁴가톨릭대학교 대학원 의학과 치과학교실
^⁵제주대학교 의학전문대학원 치과학교실

Cognition of registered nurse on emergency treatment for oral and maxillofacial injury in Jeju province

Byoung-Jin Lee¹, Hyo-Jeong Song², Gil-Chai Lim³, Se-Hoon Kahm⁴, Sung-Joon Kim⁵

¹Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Chosun University
²College of Nursing, Jeju National University
³Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Jeju National University
⁴Department of Dentistry, Graduate school, Catholic University of Korea
⁵Department of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Jeju National University

Abstract

The purposes of this work were to assess the cognition of the registered nurse(RN) on oral and maxillofacial emergency treatment and to compare cognition of the RN with that of the 119 emergency medical technician(EMT). 450 RNs who were working at each of secondary hospitals in Jeju province had responded to the questionnaire. Independent sample t-test and chi-square test were used to assess the state of RN on dental emergency treatment and to compare RN with EMT. The question 'education time on dentistry in formal education' that marked '0 hour' and '1-3 hours' were 73.3% and 20.0%, respectively. The question 'refresher training class on dentistry' that marked '0 hour' and '1-3 hours' were 92.9% and 6.7%, aggregately 99.6%. The results showed low score in the question 'reduction of temporo-mandibular joint(TMJ)'(1.67pm0.857), 'fixation of dislocated TMJ'(1.70pm0.853) and 'post-avulsed tooth treatment'(1.78pm0.774) by 5-point Likert scale. Likewise, the scores were 2.02pm0.806 in the question 'treatment of maxillofacial trauma', 2.76pm1.061 in the question 'emergent care of avulsed tooth', 2.70pm1.095 in the question 'treatment time of avulsed tooth' and 2.79pm1.056 in the question 'mouth guard', respectively. Compared to EMT, results of RN showed a statistically lower figure(p<0.05) in all items compared except the question 'medicine control', and the question 'doctor care in emergency room' was borderline(p=0.069). From this study, it is necessary for RN and student of nursing science to be educated on the oral and maxillofacial emergency treatment for the initial management of injuries. Authors suggest further co-study and nation-wide research with nursing care.

Key Words: nurse;emergency;injury;trauma;oral;maxillofacial;treatment;