A descriptive study was carried out to determine the correlation between the performance confidence and clinical practice satisfaction according to the core basic nursing skills experiences of nursing students in clinical nursing practice education.
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A descriptive study was carried out to determine the correlation between the performance confidence and clinical practice satisfaction according to the core basic nursing skills experiences of nursing students in clinical nursing practice education.
The subjects of this study were 288 4th year students that experienced at least 2 semesters of clinical nursing practice education in 3 nursing colleges located in D city. Data was collected from June 11, 2019, to August 23, 2019. The research tool of Jeon(2018) was used with regard to the core basic nursing skills experiences and performance confidence with each having 23 items. For the clinical practice satisfaction, the 5-point Likert tool of Lee et al. (2004) was used with a total of 31 items. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS WIN 25.0 employing t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and hierarchical multiple regression.
The following are the results obtained in this study.
There were 5 core basic nursing skills that more than 50% of the nursing student subjects have direct experiences: vital signs measurement(100%), blood glucose measurement(94.8%), peripheral oxygen saturation measurement(89.2%), oral administration(57.6%), and oxygen therapy by nasal cannula(52.5%). On a 5-point scale, the performance confidence for the core basic nursing skills was an average of 3.68±0.55 and the average for the clinical practice satisfaction was 3.43±0.43.
The investigation of the effect of the core basic nursing skills experiences of the subjects on their performance confidence showed that 21 of the 23 items were statistically significant and the transfusion therapy and vital signs measurement were not included. Post analysis revealed that the performance confidence of the “performance experience” group was higher than the “observation experience” and “no experience” groups.
For the effect of the core basic nursing skills experiences on the clinical practice satisfaction, the clinical practice satisfaction of the “performance experience” group was higher than the “observation experience” and “no experience” groups only for the intermittent gavage tube feeding, IV PCA management, and urinary catheterization.
There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the core basic nursing skills experience and performance confidence of the nursing students(r=.245, p<.001), and the core basic nursing skills performance confidence had a statistically significant positive correlation with the clinical practice satisfaction(r=.274, p<.001).
In order to study the effect of the core basic nursing skills experience and performance confidence on the clinical practice satisfaction of the subjects, general characteristics were inputted in step 1 and the general characteristics of the subjects were restricted in step 2 to analyze the effect of the core basic nursing skills experience and performance confidence of the subjects on the clinical practice satisfaction. The regression equation of the step 1 model was statistically significant(F=5.93, p<.001), and the 13.4% clinical practice satisfaction was obtained. In step 2 where the general characteristics were restricted and the core basic nursing skills experience and performance confidence were inputted as independent variables, the validity of the model increased to 19.3% and the step 2 model was also statistically significant(F=7.25, p<.001).
In the results of this study, the performance confidence of the ‘performed experience’ group was higher than that of the ‘observation experience’ group and the ‘no experience’ group. In the case of invasive core basic nursing care such as intramuscular injection, subcutaneous injection, and urine care, the ‘performed experience’ group and ‘observation experience’ group had higher confidence in performing than the ‘no experience’ group. In other words, the experience of directly performing or observing core basic nursing skills affects the performance confidence. Therefore, it is necessary to create a clinical practice education environment that can be performed or observed in teaching method of core basic nursing skills, and to prepare the education plan that the nursing students can directly experience. In addition, since the confidence in performing core basic nursing care shows a significant positive correlation with the satisfaction of clinical practice, it is necessary to find ways to increase the satisfaction of clinical practice by providing a plan to expand the experience and experience of core basic nursing care.