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KMID : 0379719970110020180
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
1997 Volume.11 No. 2 p.180 ~ p.193
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A Study on the Curriculums of the Nursing Department of Junior Colleges in Seoul and Kyungin Area
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김영희/Kim, Young Hee
김정애/이애경/방숙명/주미경/정안순/최나영/Kim, Jung Ae/Lee, Ae Kyung/Phang, Suk Mung/Joo, Mi Kung/Chung, Ann Soon/Choi, Na Young
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Abstract
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This study was designed to set up more developed curriculum in Nursing department of a junior college. The sample for the study were fifteen curriculums of fifteen selected junior colleges in Seoul and Kyunggi area. The credits and hours of each curriculum were analyzed into means and compared with the one of the example college.
The data were categorized into seven sections; cultural subject, basic medical science, major subjects such as Nursing, Fundamental Nursing, electives, teaching and non-teaching subjects, and clinical practice. The data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics.
The results of the study were as follows;
1. Credit hours of Cultural subjects of each college ranges from 5.8% to 25.7% of the total graduate credit hours; most commonaly lectured subjects are English (15 colleges), Korean (11 colleges), psychology (10 colleges), and computer (10 colleges).
2. In the case of the example college, Anatomy and Psychology were jointed as one subject Basic Nursing Science, and some more study in depth should be made to develop more of this type of conjunction among related subjects on basic medical science.
3. As for the mendatory subjects of the example college, subjects on Adult Nursing was fourteen credits (14 hours), which was higher than the average 12.9 hours of other colleges compared.
4. Credit hours of Basic Nursing Laboratory were eight to ten credits (12-18 hours), which was higher than actual class hours. As more and more hospitals test clinical aptitude when recruiting nurses, more emphasis should be paid to the clinical practice.
5. Among fifteen sample curriculums six to twelve electives were offered with twelve to twenty-three credits.
Most commonly opened subjects were Physical Examination (15), Nursing English (14), and Geriatrics Nursing (13) Nursing English are considered to be more important in the view of clinical practice, and Oriental Nursing, Nursing Information and Health Insurance Management should be considered as specialized subjects.
6. Teaching and Non-teaching subjects
In case of the example school, Clinical Emergency Medicine, Introduction to Emergency Medicine were offered for these non-teaching class students so they could prepare for the qualification examination.
7. Clinical Practice
The average credit hours for clinical practice of the sample college were 20.9 credit hours (66.5%) and the example school offered twenty credit hours which was slightly lower than the other forteen.
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