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Objectives: The objective of this work was to investigate the hospital nursing care of oral and maxillofacial health in jeju province. Methods: 438 Registered nurses(RN) who were working at each of secondary hospitals in Jeju province had responded to the questionnaire. The data were analyzed via frequency analyses and one-way ANOVA to assess the state of RN on hospital nursing care of oral and maxillofacial health. Results: The class of education on density in formal density that marked ‘0 hour’ and ‘1-3 hours’ were 73.5% and 19.9%, respectively. The class of refresher training on density that marked ‘0 hours’ and ‘1-3 hours’ were 92.9% and 6.6%, aggregately 99.5%. The nursing education on appearance after tumor of maxillofacial area that marked ‘formal education’ and ‘none’ were 45.2% and 52.1%, respectively. The score of question ‘function, effect and side effect of hexamedin gaggle’ was 2.68 0.95 by Likert 5-point scale. Likewise, the scores were 2.82 0.88 on question ‘management of removal denture’, 2.83 0.95 on question ‘preventive dental treatment before anticancer therapy’, 2.88 0.86 on question ‘function of saliva’, 2.96 0.99 on question ‘oral management of tube feeding patient’, 3.13 1.00 on question ‘bacterial endocarditis from oral microflora’, 3.36 0.89 on question ‘dysphagia’ and 3.62 1.03 on question ‘aspiration pneumonia’. RN replied that ‘lack of knowledge’ and ‘delay of cooperation’ formed 53.7% and 33.3% respectively, on question ‘problem in dental consultation other diseased patient’. Conclusions: From this study, it is necessary for RN and student of nursing science to be educated on the oral and maxillofacial nursing. Authors suggest further co-study and nation-wide research.
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