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KMID : 0869920000060010147
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2000 Volume.6 No. 1 p.147 ~ p.159
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The Comparison between Nursing Graduates’ Performance and Clinical Nurses’ Performance of Clinical Competency
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Yoo Kyung-Hee
Um Young-Rhan
Suh Yeon-Ok
Song Rha-Yun
June Kyung-Ja
Cho NO
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of clinical competency in nursing graduates and clinical nurses. The total of 234 subjects returned the questionnaire with 95% of response rates. The subjects of the study constituted of 195 nursing graduates and 39 clinical nurses. Self report questionnaires were used to measure the clinical competence of nursing graduates and clinical nurses. This instrument had four dimensions of competency : client and health need, nursing process, professional role, and nursing interventions. The data were analyzed by utilizing SPSSWIN and the results were as follows. 1) The mean score of the nursing intervention dimension was the most with 3.82 compared to professional role dimension(3.06), nursing process(3.03), client and health need dimension(2.94) in nursing graduates. 2) The mean score of the nursing intervention dimension was the most with 3.04 compared to client and health need dimension(2.82), professional role dimension(2.81), nursing process(2.77) in clinical nurses. And all of these dimensions’’ scores were lower than the nursing graduates’’ scores. 3) The mean scores of nursing process (t=3.76, p<.001) and professional role dimensions(t=3.53, p<.001) in nursing graduates were significantly higher than clinical nurses’’ scores. Our suggestions based on the results of this study is : 1. It is recommended to repeat the same designed study in large sample of clinical nurses for further study.
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KEYWORD
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Performance of Clinical Competency, Nursing Graduates, Clinical Nurses
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