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KMID : 0869920120180010053
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2012 Volume.18 No. 1 p.53 ~ p.61
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Relationship of Self-Directedness and Practice Satisfaction to Clinical Practice in Nursing Students: The Mediating Effect of Clinical Competence
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Jung Jeom-Suk
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to identify the relationship of self-directedness, clinical competence and practice satisfaction to clinical practice for nursing students and to investigate the mediating effect of their clinical competence between self-directedness and clinical practice satisfaction.
Method: The data were collected form 291 nursing students in clinical practice using self-report questionnaire on April 25 and June 20, 2011.
Results: There were statistically positive relationships between self-directedness, clinical competence and practice satisfaction to clinical practice in nursing students. Clinical competence was found to completely mediate the relationship between self-directedness and clinical practice satisfaction.
Conclusion: This study shows that self-directedness to clinical practice for nursing students have no direct effect on clinical practice satisfaction. It has an indirct effect by clinical competency.
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KEYWORD
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Directive, Clinical Competence, Satisfaction
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