PURPOSE
The purpose was to identify factors which affect nursing students' self-leadership according to their locus of control.
METHODS
This study was a descriptive research. Participants were 600 D city junior and senior nursing students who had completed clinical training.
RESULTS
Results showed the following characteristics of students who had high self-leadership: For students with external locus of control the following correlations with self-leadership were found:, general creativity (r=.46), social support (r=.48), academic self-efficacy (r=.29), and communication competence (r=.49). For students with internal locus of control, self-leadership was correlated with general creativity (r=.46), social support (r=.41), academic self-efficacy(r=.36), and communication competence (r=.48). For the nursing students with external locus of control, age (β=−.24, p=.010), satisfaction with campus life (β=.16, p=.027), general creativity (β=−.20, p=.017), and social support (β=−.20, p=.028) had significant effects on their self-leadership: explanatory power of 44% (F=6.53, p < .001). For students with internal locus of control, self-leadership was effected by general creativity (β=.20, p=.011) and social support (β=.19, p=.012): explanatory power was 42%(F=5.96, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
Applying these findings to the curriculum of nursing students would improve their self-leadership and increase the efficiency of organizational culture and contribute to goal achievement in nursing organizations.

Citations

• Factors influencing the clinical competence of nursing students
  Kino Kang, Mihae Im
  Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing.2024; 17(1): 57.     CrossRef
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  Eda Eren, Yıldız Erdat, Seher Başaran Açıl
  Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi.2024; 7(2): 475.     CrossRef
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  Saeryun Kim, Younkyoung Kim
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  Sevda Yildirim‐Hamurcu, Fusun Terzioglu
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  Ju Young Park, Chung Hee Woo
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2022; 28(1): 48.     CrossRef
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  Jeong-Soo KIM
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  Seung Eun Jeong, Jung Hee Han
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PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the effects of an action learning based creative problem-solving (CPS) course on problem solving, creativity and team-member exchange in nursing students.
METHODS
A quasi-experimental study applying a non-equivalent control group pre-post design was employed. Sophomore nursing students (32 in the experimental group and 33 in the control group) were recruited from a university in G-city, Korea. Problem solving, creativity and team-member exchange were measured for the pretest and posttest using self-report questionnaires. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, t-test, and ANCOVA with SPSS/Win 20.0 program were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS
The scores for problem solving, creativity and team-member exchange in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group.
CONCLUSION
Results of this study indicate that an action learning based CPS course is an effective teaching method to improve nursing students' competencies. In the future longitudinal studies are needed to assess the long term effects of the course.

Citations

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  Hongmei Jiang, Ting Zhang, Suofei Zhang, Huijuan Ma, Yu Luo
  Nursing Open.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
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  Jinseon Yi, Hyori Kim, Ju Young Yoon, Eunjoo Kim
  Nurse Education Today.2024; 140: 106260.     CrossRef
• Action learning and healthcare 2011–2022
  George Boak
  Action Learning: Research and Practice.2022; 19(3): 251.     CrossRef
• Effects of Action Learning Based Health Assessment Class on Nursing Students' Self-confidence and Knowledge of Health Assessment, Critical Thinking Ability, and Class Satisfaction
  Myo-Gyeong Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.2018; 25(4): 259.     CrossRef
• The Effects of Lessons using Action Learning on Nursing Students
  So-Myeong Kim, Sang-Youn Park
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2016; 22(1): 42.     CrossRef