Autonomy, Teaching Effectiveness, and Clinical Practice Satisfaction for Fundamentals Nursing Clinical Practice in Student Nurses

Kim, Yeong Hee

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate autonomy, teaching effectiveness, and clinical practice satisfaction for fundamentals nursing clinical practice in student nurses. METHOD: The participants were 244 sophomores, who had done the practice for 8 weeks from June 17 ~ August 23, 2005. Autonomy the Caring Perspective(ACP) devised by Boughn(1995) was used to measure autonomy, Instrument to Measure Effectiveness of Clinical Instructor(IMECL) by Reeve(1994) for measuring teaching effectiveness, and an instrument by Moon(2002) for measuring satisfaction.
RESULTS
After practice, the role model was seen as rich in knowledge and experience(48.77%). Desirable categories for instructor were full-time professors with a practice background and head nurses(31.97%)). Average score for autonomy was 3.71(+/-.33), for teaching effectiveness, 3.67(+/-.48) and for satisfaction 3.51(+/-.38). Autonomy scores were high for students satisfied with their major(F=5.23,p=.006), and interested in practice(F=4.38,p=.014). Teaching effectiveness scores were high for students satisfied with practice (F=2.57,p=.038). Clinical practice satisfaction scores were high for students interested in practice(F=5.01,p=.007). Relationships between autonomy and teaching effectiveness (r=.174,p=.006), and between teaching effectiveness and satisfaction showed a positive correlation(r=.632,p=.000).
CONCLUSION
Interest in clinical practice courses in first year affect autonomy, teaching effectiveness and satisfaction.