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Relationship between Nursing Professional Practice and Nursing Competency in clinical nurses

  • Global Health and Nursing
  • Abbr : Global Health Nurs
  • 2017, 7(1), pp.54-61
  • DOI : 10.35144/ghn.2017.7.1.54
  • Publisher : Research Institute of Nursing Science
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science
  • Published : January 31, 2017

Lee Jeon Ma 1

1영산대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the levels of nursing professional practice and nursing competency and relationships between them in clinical nurses. Methods: The participants in this study were 303 nurses working at Y University Hospital. The data were collected for twenty days from March 1, to March 20, 2015. The nursing professional practice and nursing competency scale was developed by Lee (2016) and Jang(2000). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, analysis of variance and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient through the SPSS WIN 21.0 program. Results: The average rating of nursing professional practice and nursing competency were 3.93 and 3.59 points out of a total of 5. Nursing professional practice increased age(t=-6.22, p<.040). Nursing professional practice and nursing competency showed positive correlation with performance (r = .791, p ≤ .001). Conclusion: The result indicate that nursing professional practice in clinical nurses is essential to improving their nursing competency. Therefore, to improve nursing professional practice, health care providers need education on nursing competency.

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