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Nursing Core Competencies Needed in the Fields of Nursing Practice for Graduates in Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2012;18(4):460-473.
Published online: December 31, 2012

1Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University, Korea.

Correspondence: Seok Hee Jeong. College of Nursing, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 561-756, Korea. Tel: 82-63-270-3117, Fax: 82-63-270-3127, awesomeprof@jbnu.ac.kr
• Received: November 12, 2012   • Revised: December 19, 2012   • Accepted: December 24, 2012

Copyright © 2012 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    This study was done to provide information on issues of nursing core competencies needed in the fields of nursing practice for graduates in nursing, from the perspective of nursing managers, and to make suggestion for improving nursing education programs.
  • Methods
    Ten nursing managers participated in this study. They were in charge of clinical nursing education in the fields of nursing practice. Data were collected using focus group interviews and analyzed with the content analysis methodology of Downe - Wamboldt's.
  • Results
    Six types of nursing core competency - therapeutic nursing competency, professional nursing competency, administrative nursing competency, humanistic nursing competency, relational nursing competency, and personal nursing competency - were identified as nursing core competencies needed in the fields of nursing practice for graduates in nursing.
  • Conclusion
    Results of the study show important evidence for decision-making about nursing curriculum revision based on nursing core competency, both in the classroom and in nursing practice areas. These results should contribute to the development of evaluation indicators for nursing students or new nurses. Further research is required to measure degree of nursing core competency in graduates of nursing and to identify the effect of competency-based education for improving nursing core competency.

This work was supported by the Seoul Women's College of Nursing through enforcement project for educational competency of national fund in 2009.

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Figure 1
Procedure of content analysis (Downe-Wambodt, 1992).
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Table 1
Characteristics of Participants
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*Data from HEALTH INSURANCE REVIEW and ASSESSMENT SERVICE webpage (http://www.hira.or.kr)

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