The present study conducted a survey for examining the correlations among OSCE results, self-efficacy and competence in new graduate nurses who took OSCE.
The subjects of this study were 48 nurses who had graduated from the Department of Nursing (Scie...
The present study conducted a survey for examining the correlations among OSCE results, self-efficacy and competence in new graduate nurses who took OSCE.
The subjects of this study were 48 nurses who had graduated from the Department of Nursing (Science) in 2006, were newly hired by E University Hospital in Daejeon, had OSCE education, and were currently working at the inpatient ward or the intensive care unit after a year from the education.
OSCE education was given in February, 2006, and self-efficacy and competence were measured through a post questionnaire survey for 16 days from the 30th of July to 14th of August, 2007.
OSCE tested clinical skills in 9 items developed by Jeong Nam-yeon (blood pressure measuring, intravenous injection, insulin therapy, sterile technique, skin test medicine preparation, oxygen therapy, enema, inquiry, blood transfusion and nursing record) and each item was given a mark between 0~100.
Self-efficacy was measured using the self-efficacy scale composed of 25 questions, which was developed by Harvey and McMurray (1994) and revised and supplementedby Ahn Eun-gyeong (2000). The reliability of the scale was Cronbach's alpha 0.92.
Competence was measured using the competence scale composed of 62 questions, which was prepared by Lee Mi-jeong (2001) by revising and supplementing the clinical experience development model for nurses proposed by Jang Geum-seong (2000) based on 31 kinds of competence of Benner (1984), and the reliability of the scale was Cronbach's alpha 0.96.
Collected data were analyzed using SPSS Windows 12.0, and general characteristics, OSCE score, self-efficacy and competence were analyzed through descriptive statistics.
Differences in OSCE score, self-efficacy and competence were analyzed through t-test and ANOVA, and the correlations among OSCE score, self-efficacy and competence were measured by calculating Spearman rho. Differences in self-efficacy and competence according to OSCE score were analyzed through ANOVA.
The results of this study are as follows.
The mean score of OSCE was 65.67, self-efficacy was 84.56 out of 100, and competence was 2.50 out of 4.No statistically significant difference was observed in OSCE score, self-efficacyand nursing competence according to the new graduate nurses' general characteristics. When the correlations among OSCE score, self-efficacy and four sub-areas of competence were analyzed using Spearman rho, statistically significant positive correlations were observed among OSCE score, self-efficacy and scientific competence and aesthetic competence among the sub-areas of competence. The score of each sub-area of competence was higher when self-efficacy was high. When the nurses were divided into high, middle and low groups according to OSCE score and the groups were compared in terms of self-efficacy and overall competence, self-efficacy and competence were higher when OSCE score was high but the differences were not statistically significant.
As this study was conducted with a limited number of nurses working at a university hospital, its results have a limitation in being generalized.
However, this study is meaningful in that it confirmed positive correlations among OSCE score, self-efficacy and competence. Accordingly, we concluded that self-efficacy and competence are higher when OSCE scoreis high, and suggest utilizing OSCE and considering its result in order to hire new nurses with high self-efficacy and competence.
In order to confirm whether OSCE score predicts self-efficacy and competence, we suggest repeated research with a larger number of subjects and more accurate time points of data collection.