Aanalysis on the Competency of Nursing Students' Basic Nursing Skills

Abstract

As medical practices and procedures become more specialized and information technology develops in clinical settings, health organizations need medical personnel with special skills, knowledge and competency. But the lack of practical experience in clinical settings may impair competency in basic nursing skills among nursing students. This study used a cross-sectional survey to analyze factors related to nursing competency among nursing students in order to establish effective teaching methods to increase the clinical competency of nursing students. The data were collected from a questionnaire distributed in several universities among 106 nursing students who expressed a willingness to participate in the study during December 2011 in order to measure self-directedness, professional self-concepts, communication ability, learning satisfaction. The data were analyzed using the SPSS window program. There were differences regarding competency in basic nursing skills according to interpersonal relationships, grades, existence of an open lab. The level of learning satisfaction, communication skills and self-directedness were deemed influencing factors regarding competency in basic nursing skills. These 3 elements account for 49.9% of competency with regard to basic nursing skills. According to existing research, blended learning methods which consist of problem based learning, cyber education or case centered education should be considered as effective teaching methods for developing clinical nursing skills.

Effect of Prior Learning Method on Nursing Students' Practical Capacity

“…Learning satisfaction refers to the degree of satisfaction with students' attitude, degree of preparation by professors, progress and content of lectures, and degree of study assessment [12]. Participating in self-directed classes after self-directed learning through prior practice will increase confidence and satisfaction with satisfaction with the classes.…”

Effects of Nursing Students’ Practices using Smartphone Videos on Fundamental Nursing Skills, Self-efficacy, and Learning Satisfaction in South Korea

“…When comparing the learning satisfaction scores for overall learning and the practice method before and after the practice within the groups, significant increases were found in the experimental group for both items, whereas the control group did not exhibit any significant changes for both items. As learning satisfaction was an influential factor for skill competency (Song, Kim, & Yu, 2012), it was thought to be a preferred outcome due to the fact that it significantly improved in the experimental group through the intervention. It is assumed that the significant increase of learning satisfaction in the experimental group occurred because the smartphone video recording practice facilitated students' self-directed learning in the course of the practice, including their performance, evaluation of the practice process, and repeated learning.…”

“…Nursing education institutions have recognized the importance of fundamental nursing practice and have made great efforts to increase skills, accuracy, and proficiency. However, ensuring one-on-one learning between the instructor and learner is difficult, and students' basic nursing competencies have not been satisfactory (Chae & Ha, 2016;Song, Kim, & Yu, 2012). As a result, improving competency is deemed necessary.…”

“…According to the results of previous studies, nursing students' attitudes toward practice, self-efficacy, the frequency of open practice room use, learning satisfaction, and self-directedness influenced their fundamental nursing practice competency (Cowan, Norman, & Coopamah, 2005;Levett-Jones, 2005;Liou, Chang, Tsai, & Cheng, 2013;Park & Lee, 2008;Raines, 2010;Song, Kim, & Yu, 2012). For the improvement of fundamental nursing practice competency, increasing learning satisfaction and self-efficacy through repeated learning is thought to be effective.…”

Effect of Learning Core Fundamental Nursing Skill with Social Network Service (SNS) for Nursing Students in South Korea

“…As a result, previous studies have researched the factors affecting satisfaction with the Jeong et al / Effect of Learning Core Fundamental 2 / 10 practice and educational effects in an effort to increase the effectiveness of the practical education. These studies have identified learning satisfaction and self-efficacy as the factors affecting the effectiveness of practical education (Park & Lee, 2008;Song, Kim, & Yu, 2012). These results suggest the necessity for developing an effective educational intervention that increases the proficiency of nursing skills while engaging learners.…”