Factors Affecting Satisfaction of Clinical Practice among Prospective Graduates in Nursing Colleges / 한국간호교육학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This study was designed in order to explore the factors affecting the satisfaction of clinical practice among prospective graduates in nursing colleges and attempt to provide the base data for the quality improvement of clinical practice education. METHODS: A total of 205 perspective graduates in nursing who have completed the clinical practice at four colleges of nursing located in Gyeonggi-Do and Chungcheongnam-Do participated in the study. Using structured questionnaires, the data was collected between October 10th, 2016 and November 9th, 2016. RESULTS: The average scores for the image of nurses (3.86±0.66), satisfaction of major (3.85±0.55), self-efficacy (3.44±0.51), nursing professionalism (3.70±0.47), and satisfaction of clinical practice (3.32±0.56) were calculated. The satisfaction of clinical practice was in significant statistical correlation with the image of nurses (r=.59, p < .001), major satisfaction (r=.47, p < .001), self-efficacy (r=.21, p < .001), and professional identity (r=.46, p < .001). The significant predictors of the satisfaction of clinical practice included the image of nurses (β=.48, p < .001) and nursing professionalism (β=.19, p=.008). The regression model resulted in 36.0% satisfaction of clinical practice. CONCLUSION: Active development and implementation of programs for establishing positive images of nurses and nursing professionalism are needed in order to improve the satisfaction of clinical practice for nursing students.