Study Objectives for the National Qualifying Examination and Course Contents of Fundamental Nursing

Byun, Young Soon; Won, Jong Soon; Kim, Ae Kyung; Shin, Yun Hee; Jang, Hee Jung

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the present status of the course content of Fundamental Nursing in accordance with the study objectives which were developed for the National Qualifying Examination by the first Faculty-Workshop in January, 1999 and the study objectives as related to other Nursing courses. The study sample included all schools of nursing and the members of the faculty for Fundamental Nursing of seventy schools(66.7%), out of the target population of 105, responded to a questionnaire which was developed by the research team. The collected data were analyzed by frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation using the SAS(Statistical Analysis System). The results are as follows: 1) According to this survey the course content of Fundamental Nursing as described in the study objectives for the National Examination, 223(86.77%) study objectives were included in the course of Fundamental Nursing by more than 70% of the schools of nursing. But twenty-three of the study objectives are not included by 30~50% of the schools of nursing. They consider this content to be taught in other courses. The study objectives, which less than 50% of the schools reported as being included in their course in Fundamental Nursing were, all study objectives for "nursing assessment(communication)", "nursing assessment (physical examination)", "record and report", "sex", and 'use of computer program for nursing diagnosis' and 'use of computerized nursing planning program'. 2) Items that were not included in the study objectives for Fundamental Nursing but were included in course content for over 50% of the schools included, 'health of individual, family, community', 'change of nursing practice', 'professionality of nursing' and all of the study objectives belonging to "loss and grief" and "nursing during all stages of surgical operations". We hope that these results will be helpful in modifying the study objectives for the National Examination as developed by the first Faculty-Workshop and recommend the need for continuous survey research to produce content that is in accordance with study objectives and a National Examination that reflects the content of Fundamental Nursing.