Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the casual relationship between nurses' social capital, job engagement and nursing performance and to verify the goodness of fit between a hypothetical model and actual data in order to suggest the best model. Methods: This survey was conducted with 250 nurses working in 3 general hospitals in Seoul. Data were collected from June 20 to July 29, 2016 and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 21.0 and AMOS 21.0. Results: Nurses' social capital and job engagement were found to have no direct effect on increasing nursing performance. But, it was found that social capital and job engagement had indirect effects on nursing performance through mediating organizational citizenship behavior. Social capital had direct effects on increasing job engagement and indirect effects on organizational citizenship behavior. Conclusion: Results of this study indicate that nurse managers should concentrate efforts on increasing nurses's job engagement and preparing organization to increase social capital in order to improve nursing performance

Abstract.[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare plantar pressure distributions of the affected side of stroke patients during walking with canes of three different cane lengths.[Subjects] Thirty-four stroke patients participated in this study. [Method] The three different lengths of cane were: to the top of the greater trochanter, 5 cm above the greater trochanter, and 10 cm above the greater trochanter. The measured parameters were foot contact area, length, width, pressure, and the center of pressure trajectory during the stance phase, from heel-strike to toe-off.[Results] Our data revealed significant increments in the contact width and pressure of the hind foot at the cane length of 10 cm above the greater trochanter. Anterior/posterior center of pressure trajectory also significantly increased at cane lengths of 5 and 10 cm of above the greater trochanter.[Conclusion] The plantar pressure distribution for cane lengths above the greater trochanter were clinically beneficial and more effective at increasing weight shifting to the affected hind foot and harmonizing paralyzed heel strike with better displacement of pressure.

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