Relevance of the test content of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination to nursing job.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed at identifying if there is a relevance of content of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination (KNLE) revised in 2014 to nursing job. It will be able to provide the validity of revised content of the KNLE.


METHODS
From October 13 to November 13, 2015, print version of 8 duties with 49-tasks, 155-job item questionnaires were distributed to 1,305 hospital nurses and 202 nursing faculties in Korea. Results were treated by descriptive statistics and comparison analysis. There were responses from 946 nurses or professors (72.5%).


RESULTS
The relevance of test content of KNLE to nursing job was shown to be valid with over 3 points out of 4 point Likert scale in all items: from 3.23 at lowest to 3.64 at top.


CONCLUSIONS
Above results showed that the revised version of KNLE in 2014 was valid to test the nursing students' knowledge for job performance.
College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
In Sook
0000-0002-4454-3918
IS
Park
Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
Yeon Ok
0000-0001-6273-6652
YO
Suh
Department of Nursing, Dongyang University, Yeongju, Korea.
Hae Sook
0000-0001-9932-626X
HS
Park
Division of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.
Soo Yeon
0000-0003-4428-4175
SY
Ahn
College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan, Korea.
So Young
0000-0003-1352-5685
SY
Kang
Catholic Comphrehensive Institute, Seoul Saint Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Kwang Sung
0000-0001-9765-3443
KS
Kim
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003151:Community Health Centers; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014937:Work
Knowledge; Korea; Nursing licensure; Nursing students; Work performance