Nursing competency inventory and professional competence of graduating students in six Asian countries: A cross-sectional study.

AIMS: To investigate graduating nursing students' nursing and professional competencies and the predictors of their competencies. BACKGROUND: Across Asian countries, there is a paucity of literature that explores graduating nursing students' competency and professional competence during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN: Descriptive, cross-sectional, and predictive approaches. METHOD: Convenience sampling was used among graduating nursing students from the six Asian countries (n = 375). The STROBE guidelines for cross-sectional studies were used. Two self-report instruments were utilized to collect data. We conducted multiple linear regression analyses to assess the predictors of nursing competency and professional competence domains. RESULTS: Country of residence and general point average (GPA) showed statistically significant multivariate effects. Value-based nursing care and critical thinking and reasoning domains recorded the highest in professional competence and competency inventory for nursing students, respectively. Country of residence, GPA, and preferred nursing major were significant predictors of graduating nursing students' nursing competency and professional competence domains. CONCLUSION: Our study's findings revealed a high level of diversity among nursing students regarding ethical care obligations, caring pedagogies, and lifelong learning, all of which may be ascribed to their distinct culture, background, and belief systems.

The quality of life of flood survivors in Thailand, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University.

BACKGROUND: The flood crisis of 2011 was a disaster of the highest order in Thailand and Nakhon Pathom Province was among those hit. The purpose of this research was to explore quality of life of flood survivors in Thailand living in a flood shelter established by Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University. METHODS: This study was a descriptive research. The research instrument was WHO quality of life-brief Thai questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI). The data were collected by self administered questionnaires, or read to the subjects who cannot read, then evaluated the answers by themselves on November, 2011. Descriptive statistics, independent-sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were used in the data analysis. RESULTS: The study found that: (1) The quality of life score was found to be at a moderate level of 65.9% and a high of 34.1%. The social relationships domain of quality of life was at the highest level (47.6%). The poorest quality of life score was from the environmental domain (24.9%); (2) There was no significant difference between gender (t=0.004, p-value=0.997) or age (F=1.356, p-value=0.260), with quality of life. CONCLUSION: The quality of life evaluation of flood survivors should be further monitored after the recovery and a intervention programme should address their respective needs and covers all aged and genders.