The purpose of this study was to contribute to career counseling and career guidance for nursing students by investigating the influences of self efficacy and major satisfaction on career decision level of nursing students. Methods: For this study, data were collected from 383 nursing students from Busan and South Gyeongsang Province Data collection was done during the period November, 2017. A descriptive survey design was used and data were collected using questionnaires from a sample of 380 nursing students. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Mann Whiney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression with SPSS WIN 22.0. Results: Career decision level had a significant correlation with self-efficacy and major satisfaction. Fits aptitude (β = 0.14, p = 0.001), score (β =-0.11, p = 0.004), major reselect (β = 0.11, p = 0.016), hospital employment (β = 0.10, p = 0.011), self efficacy (β = 0.33, p < 0.001), general satisfaction (β = 0.18, p = 0.003), social perception satisfaction (β = 0.15, p = 0.003) were significant predictors of career decision level. Conclusions: It is necessary to develop effective career support programs according to type of motivation, career plans to improve nursing students' self efficacy and satisfaction in the nursing major.

This was a descriptive research study to examine the patient safety risk factors and the level of safety management of nurses in emergency service, hospitals and to analyze the relationship between the two factors. Method: Data for analysis were collected from 232 nurses in emergency service, hospitals in Busan and Gyeongnam from July 30 to September 7, 2013. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. Results: Therapeutic agents showed the highest risk level. The prevention of transfusion errors showed the highest performance. As the nurses were working in regional emergency medical centers and received education more than 7 sessions on patient safety, they readily recognized the riskiness of the safety risk factors. In addition, as the nurses were older than 40, married, having more education about safety and understood the incident report registration system well, they performed safety management better. There were significant correlations between perception of the patient safety risk factors and performance for safety management. Conclusion: Nurses in emergency service, hospitals should try to improve safety management to reduce the risk factors shown to be higher based on the results and ensure the patient safety.

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