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http://dx.doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.1.1

Strengthening of Advanced Beginner's Nursing Competence through Concept Mapping: Focus Groups  

Jang, Ae Ri (Department of Nursing, Songwon University)
Jang, Keum Seong (College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, Chonnam Research Institute of Nursing Science)
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing / v.24, no.1, 2015 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was to evaluate the strengthening process of advanced beginner's nursing competence through the concept mapping methods. Methods: This study was conducted with focus group study for 1 month from November to December 2012 (n=5). Data were analyzed through open coding, axial coding and selection coding stage. Results: Advanced beginner to represent the experience of nursing empowerment and the three categories of the nine concepts were derived. The first category is 'able to see the entire search.' This concept is to start a search query, the search process of thinking, behavior change is expected. The second category is 'behavior change through the acquisition of knowledge.', and this concept is the embodiment of knowledge, confidence rising, and action changing. The third category is 'nursing empowerment', the aesthetic, ethical, and personal knowledge acquisition, as well as self-growth. Conclusion: Advanced beginner saw the full flow through the concept mapping and obtained knowledge, and changed behavior. Thus, the concept mapping is effective to strengthen the nursing competence.
Keywords
Concept mapping; Advanced beginner; Nursing competence;
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