Influence of Nursing Students' Clinical Practice Learning Environment, Self-leadership, and Clinical Practice Belonging on Nursing Professionalism

간호대학생의 임상실습교육환경, 셀프리더십, 실습소속감이 간호전문직관에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Purpose: This exploratory study aims to identify various factors influencing the level of nursing professionalism among nursing students. Methods: This study surveyed 246 senior nursing students in U city with a structured self-report questionnaire analyzed with SPSS 22.0. Results: The average scores for clinical practice learning environment, self-leadership, clinical practice belonging, and nursing professionalism were 3.16, 3.77, 3.53, and 3.60, respectively. There were significant differences in nursing professionalism according to the subjects' satisfaction with the nursing major and satisfaction with the amount of nursing. The most significant factors affecting nursing professionalism included clinical practice learning environment (${\beta}=.40$, p<.001), self-leadership (${\beta}=.21$, p=.001), and clinical practice belonging (${\beta}=.16$, p=.011). These variables explained 39% of the total variance in nursing professionalism. Conclusion: Clinical practice learning environment, self-leadership, and clinical practice belonging are factors in the nursing professionalism of senior nursing students. Collaborative efforts by universities and clinics are needed to improve the clinical training environment and to produce good nurses. Particularly since few studies have been conducted in Korea on clinical practice belonging, it is meaningful to explore how clinical practice belonging affects nursing professionalism.

Table 1. Characteristics of Subjects

Table 2. Clinical Practice Learning Environment, Self-leadership, Clinical Practice Belonging, and Nursing Professionalism of Subjects

Table 4. Correlation among Clinical Practice Learning Environment, Self-leadership, Clinical Practice Belonging and Nursing Professionalism

Table 5. Influencing Factors on Nursing Professionalism

Table 3. Clinical Practice Learning Environment, Self-leadership, Clinical Practice Belonging, and Nursing Professionalism according to Characteristics