Asian Oncol Nurs.  2015 Dec;15(4):276-283. 10.5388/aon.2015.15.4.276.

Present Condition and Future Direction of Clinical Practicum for Oncology Advanced Practice Nursing Programs

• Park JS
• Park JY
• Choi JY

• KMID: 2168736
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2015.15.4.276

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the present conditions of clinical practicum through analyzing guidebooks used in education institutions for oncology advanced practice nursing programs and to discuss future directions.
METHODS
Ten of a total of 13 education institutions participated in this study and ten guidebooks were reviewed from June 1 to October 31, 2014. The standard curriculum developed by the Korean accreditation board of nursing education was used to analyze the present conditions and an analyzing frame was developed by a research team. Two coders independently recorded the data, agreement was 92% and all disagreements was concurrent after discussion.
RESULTS
Courses in the area of 'advanced oncology nursing' were most highly established and, courses in the area of 'introduction of oncology nursing' were least established. Some learning objectives were never dealt with and some learning objectives were over dealt with. The national cancer center was most used for practicum. Diverse homework and evaluation methods were used.
CONCLUSION
Through analyzing clinical practicum guidebooks for oncology advanced practice nursing students, we found that balanced practicum courses are needed to improve the quality of oncology advanced practice nurse programs.

Keyword

Advanced Practice Nursing; Guidebooks; Education

MeSH Terms

Accreditation
Advanced Practice Nursing*
Curriculum
Education
Education, Nursing
Humans
Learning

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