The Relationships of the Clinical Practice Stress and the Major Satisfaction with the Nursing Professionalism of Nursing College Students

Abstract

주제어 : 간호 대학생, 임상실습 스트레스, 전공만족도, 간호 전문직관Abstract The present study investigates the relationships between clinical practice stress, major satisfaction, and nursing professionalism in nursing students, and aims to explore the direction of nursing education for the establishment of exemplary nursing professionalism in nursing college students. This correlational study involved 210 third-and fourth-year nursing students with clinical practice experience. Data were collected from April 1 to May 30, 2014. Data were analyzed using t-tests, correlation analyses, and regression analyses with SPSS Program 20.0. Also, AMOS were used for confirmatory factor analysis. Stress in clinical practice explained 30% of the variance in satisfaction with one's major, and was the strongest predictor of nursing professionalism, explaining 53% of the variance in the same. The results show the need for educational interventions to enhance students' perceived value of and satisfaction with nursing, as well as for structured and systematic educational programs that consider individual characteristics.

Clinical Practice Stress, Emotional Labor, and Emotional Intelligence among Nursing Students

“…Sub-areas which had high clinical practice stress included Assignments and workload, Clinical environment, and Undesirable role model in order. These results were identical with previous study results [2], [4]. There was no difference in the area having high perception in clinical practice stress among nursing students.…”

“…Clinical practice stress by sub-areas showed the highest in Assignment and workload, Clinical environment, and Undesirable role model in order. This study result shows that clinical practice stress of nursing students was higher than 2.83 [2] and lower than 3.12 [9] or 3.3 [4]. There is a difference in the stress level of studies, including this study.…”

“…In addition, the level of anxiety or fatigue was high if nursing students have significant clinical practice stress [4]. In previous studies, clinical practice stress of nursing students was more than the mean value [2], [3], [4]. Therefore a strategy to lower clinical practice stress and to increase the quality and satisfaction of clinical practice is needed.…”

Influencing Factors on Person-Centered Care Competence among Nursing Students Experienced Clinical Training

“…Therefore, to confirm whether nursing students' satisfaction with their major affects PCC competence, we require accurate and comprehensive research. Among nursing students, satisfaction with major is an important factor that forms a positive value on nursing, affects participation in clinical training and education, and also affects college life adaptation [25]. Therefore, a study is needed to identify the effect of nursing students' satisfaction with their major on PCC competence.…”

Stress and Coping with Nursing College Students

“…If these stresses persist and are not effectively managed, they can experience various physical health problems and psychological difficulties such as anxiety, tension, frustration, and depression [5]. Ineffective coping and inadequate management of stress can lead to academic abandonment [6]. Therefore, it is necessary to precisely assess, manage, and resolve the stress level as well as stress factors of nursing college students in the education field Until recently, nursing college students' stress-related studies have mainly dealt with the stress caused by clinical practice of nursing college students [7][8], and other researches on academic stress and job stress [9] [10].…”