• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.1008-1019
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• 2024

This study was conducted before and after the non-equivalent control group to determine the effects of nursing students' self-observation using smartphone videos and feedback self-practice using QR-Code on core nursing skill performance ability, performance confidence, and self-efficacy. This is a quasi-experimental study using this design. The subjects of the study were 105 second-year nursing students at U University in G City, and the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Fisher's exact test, -test, and paired t-test using SPSS 23.0 program. As a result of the study, indwelling catheterization performance significantly increased (t=8.532, p<.001), but intramuscular injection performance was not statistically significant (t=1.818, p=.077). Confidence in performing indwelling catheterization (t=5.099, p<.001) and confidence in performing intramuscular injections (t=5.473, p<.001) increased statistically significantly, and self-efficacy (t=4.332, p<.001) increased. Significantly improved. Accordingly, self-observation using smartphone videos and feedback self-practice using QR-code are more effective for core nursing skill items with high difficulty, and provide objective evidence that self-practice training methods are effective in improving confidence in performing core nursing skills and self-efficacy. In addition, we propose a repeated study that includes various levels of difficulty for the 20 core nursing skills.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.962-980
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• 2024

This study is a descriptive research study conducted to verify the dual mediating effect of critical thinking disposition and core nursing skill performance confidence in the relationship between clinical nurses' nursing professionalism and clinical decision-making ability and to use it as basic data for improving clinical decision-making ability. The study subjects were 173 clinical nurses at a general hospital in a region, and data were collected from September 15 to October 13, 2023. Data were analyzed using the SPSS/AMOS 23.0 program to verify the mediating effect by analyzing the causal relationship between the research variables and the bootstrapping estimation method, and t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression were performed. The results of the study include: First, the appropriateness of the causal model between clinical nurses' nursing professionalism, clinical decision-making ability, critical thinking disposition, and core nursing skill performance confidence was valid. Second, critical thinking disposition showed a partial mediating effect in the relationship between nursing professionalism and clinical decision-making ability. Third, as a result of verifying the dual mediating effect, the indirect effect of critical thinking disposition was greater than the indirect effect of critical thinking disposition and core nursing skill performance confidence, indicating that the single mediating effect was greater than the dual mediating effect. Therefore, it was verified that fostering high nursing professionalism in clinical nurses can improve clinical decision-making ability, and in particular, strengthening critical thinking disposition is more effective.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.156-166
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• 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors that can affect transition shock in newly-graduated nurses. Methods: The first descriptive written survey was conducted on 450 graduate students from five nursing colleges. After their employment, the second survey was conducted on 316 participants who had responded to the first survey. A total of 158 respondents were used for the final analysis. Data were analyzed using an independent t-test, ANOVA, Tukey test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis with the SPSS Win 25.0 Program. Results: The average age of the participants was 24.25±4.47. Of the participants, 126 (79.8%) were satisfied that they had majored in nursing. The average score for transition shock was 2.61±0.55 points. Factors influencing the transition shock of newly-graduated nurses were the working department, working period, and working environment. The more positively the newly-graduated nurses perceived the nursing work environment, the less of a transition shock they experienced. Grade point average, clinical competence, confidence in performing core nursing skills, and nursing professionalism did not affect their transition shock. It could be confirmed that there is a gap between college nursing education and the clinical field. Conclusion: In order to reduce the transition shock of newly-graduated nurses, it is necessary to improve the nursing work environment and apply educational and emotional support strategies according to the characteristics of each work department and the period of work.