J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.  2014 Nov;21(4):446-456. 10.7739/jkafn.2014.21.4.446.

A Preliminary Study on the Standardization of Fundamental Nursing Practice Education

Affiliations
  • 1College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Nursing, Eulji University, Korea.
  • 3College of Nursing, Ajou University, Korea.
  • 4Department of Nursing, Hannam University, Korea.
  • 5College of Nursing, Pusan University, Korea.
  • 6Department of Nursing, Suwon women's University, Korea.
  • 7College of Nursing, Gachon University, Korea.
  • 8Department of Nursing, Yeoju University, Korea.
  • 9Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea.
  • 10College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
  • 11Department of Nursing, Far East University, Korea. favor@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was undertaken to develop directions for research on nursing practice education and also for standardization of contents of Fundamental Nursing Practice (FNP) by identifying and analyzing the present content and inconsistency in FNP textbooks. METHOD: Eleven FNP textbooks published between 2007 and 2013 were selected and itemized nursing contents were compared and analyzed. Nursing professors and practicingnurses prioritized contents identified from an actual condition survey based on theoretical reason and clinical guides for each item.
RESULTS
Inconsistencies were found for 34 domains with 219 sub items and of them, 21 domains and 84 items needed to be standardized. Number of items that showed consistency between professors and nurses (ICC > or = .800) was 29 (34.5%) and for complete consistency (ICC=1), 4 (4.8%). Number of items that showed inconsistency between the groups (ICC< .600) was 30 (35.7%) and very low consistency (ICC=0), 10 (11.9%).
CONCLUSION
The results indicate a difference between understood validity of content by professors and by nurses and technical differences among FNP textbooks. Therefore confirmation of the items needing to be standardized and differences in understanding content by professors and by nurses shows a need for standardization of practice education between course and clinical practice. These results provide basic data for developing standardized form of FNP education.

Keyword

Nursing Education; Standardization

MeSH Terms

Education*
Education, Nursing
Nursing*
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