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Influencing Factors of Learning Style, Critical Thinking Disposition on Clinical Performance Competency of Nursing Students  

Kang, Yang-Hee (Department of Nursing, Chang-shin University)
Hong, Min-Joo (Department of Nursing, Chang-shin University)
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Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society / v.16, no.5B, 2014 , pp. 2841-2853 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among learning style, critical thinking disposition, and clinical performance competency and to identify the factors affecting clinical performance competency of nursing students. The subjects of this study were 187 senior nursing students from four college located in B and C city. The data were analyzed by using SPSS-WIN 20.0 program. Learning style was the highest rate of adaptor. The score of critical thinking disposition was $3.33{\pm}.37$ and clinical performance competency was $3.47{\pm}.46$. There were significant difference in clinical performance competency according to satisfaction of practice and theory in general characteristics. Critical thinking disposition showed significant positive correlation with clinical competency (r=.496, p<.001). The factors affecting clinical performance competency were critical thinking and satisfaction of theory. They were accounted 30.9% in clinical performance competency. These results indicate a need to develop effective teaching methods promoting critical thinking and satisfaction of theory.
Keywords
Clinical performance competency; Critical thinking disposition; Learning style; Nursing students;
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