Quality of Nursing Education in Philippines: Difference in Quality of Nursing Programme in relation to Profile of Faculty Members

Abstract

Background The subject of continuous quality of nursing education programme is an extremely sensitive issue worldwide, particularly in Philippines where high number of their trained registered nurses are exported to both developed and developing countries. The assessment of quality of nursing education programmes are usually measured using passing rates in licensure examinations by several government organizations. However, few studies have associated quality of nursing education to the quality of nursing instructors, this study probed further and determined whether the quality of nursing education programmes differs according to profile of faculty members in Philippines colleges of higher education in higher educational institutions. Methods A cross-sectional survey study design was employed in this study. One hundred and eight-five (185) faculty members in fifteen (15) higher educational institutions were selected for the research using purposive sampling. The study was carried out with the period of January 1 – June 30, 2017. Close-ended structured questionnaires based on study objectives were used to collect data. Frequency and Percentages were used to analyse the profile of faculty members whereas weighted means from a four liker’s scale was used to interpret the extent of perceived quality of nursing education programme. Results Majority, 39% and 46% of faculty members had 1–5 years’ clinical experience and 6–10 years of teaching experience respectively. Study participants with a grand weighted mean of 3.84 out of 4.00 strongly agreed that quality of nursing education programme is synonyms with other universities in the world. Significant differences existed in the quality of mission/vision/goals/objectives (p-value = 0.008), curriculum and instruction (p-value = 0.038), administration of nursing programme (p-value = 0.025), faculty development programme (p-value = 0.003), physical structure and equipment (p-value = 0.016), student services (p-value = 0.017), admission of students (p-value = 0.010) and quality assurance system (p-value = 0.009) in relation to teaching experience of faculty members. Conclusion Faculty members strongly perceived nursing education programmes to be of good quality in this study. Teaching experience of instructors predicted significant differences in the quality of nursing education programme in all the quality matrix indicators. However, clinical experience and job category of faculty members rather showed that quality of nursing education is the same throughout all the higher educational institutions.

Quality of Nursing Education in the Philippines: The Impact of Nursing Programme Profile

“…Building on previous studies [7][8][9][10] , this research investigated the effect of pro le of the nursing education programme on the quality of the nursing education programme. The pro le of nursing education programme may include how long the nursing education programme has been in existence, agency that offers accreditation for nursing education programme and the level of accreditation status attained by the nursing education programme.…”

“…This had always provided a one-sided way of assessing and improving the quality of nursing education programme. However, very few studies had looked at the impact of pro les of faculty and higher educational institutions on the quality of nursing education programme as a measure of the quality of nursing education programme 9,10 . Additionally, limited studies have also considered factors such as practical exposure of students, programme accreditation and calibre of faculty as measure of quality of a nursing education programme 11 .…”