title: Clinical nursing competence of RN-to-BSN students in a nursing concept-based curriculum in Taiwan.
abstract: This 3-year longitudinal study used a questionnaire to evaluate the clinical nursing competence of RN-to-BSN students in a nursing concept-based curriculum in Taiwan. The research sample consisted of 52 full-time and 69 part-time RN-to-BSN students. A four-dimensional Clinical Nursing Competence Questionnaire was developed to measure student caring, communication/coordination, management/teaching, and professional self-growth competence. Results indicated full-time students' scores on self-evaluations of overall clinical nursing competence significantly increased with each successive evaluation (p < .05). The scores of part-time students fell significantly with successive evaluations, with the exception of professional self-growth competence (p < .01). Instructor evaluations generally showed no significant difference between the two groups. Student self-evaluations were significantly higher than instructor evaluations (p < .05). The results of this study may serve as a reference for nurse educators developing curricula for RN-to-BSN education.
authors.affiliation: Junior College, Fooyin University, 151 Chin-Hsueh Road, Ta-Liao Hsiang, Kaohsiung 831, Taiwan. jhsieh@mail.fy.edu.tw
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee-Hsieh
authors.forename: Chihui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Chienlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Hung-Fu
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004645:Empathy; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013624:Taiwan