The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회지)

The Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회)
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Factors affecting nursing students' patient safety competencies

간호대학생의 환자안전 역량에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Min, Deulle (Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kwak, Eunju (Department of Nursing Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Seungmi (Department of Nursing Science, Chungbuk National University)
  • 민들레 (원광대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 곽은주 (충북대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 박승미 (충북대학교 의과대학 간호학과)
  • Received : 2022.07.05
  • Accepted : 2022.07.20
  • Published : 2022.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify nursing students' level of critical thinking disposition, communication skills, and self-leadership and to identify factors that affect the patient safety competency of nursing students. Methods: This study employs a descriptive research, method and was conducted from April 20 to May 19, 2022, with students from three nursing colleges in Korea. The collected data were analyzed by frequency and percentage, independent t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression. All analyzes were conducted using IBM SPSS 22.0. Results: The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that the regression model was significant (F=17.30, p<.001) and that communication skills (β=.22, p=.001), self-leadership (β=.31, p<.001), patient safety education experience (β=.15, p=.009), and subjects for credit (β=.15, p=.006) explained 28.0% of nursing students' patient safety competency. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop a self-leadership and communication skills improvement program and to organize rgular courses safety education subjects to improve the patient safety competency of nursing students.

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This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2021R1G1A1003576)

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