J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2016 Jun;27(2):183-192. 10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.2.183.

Direction of the Community Health Nursing Practice Education Focusing on the Nursing Education Accreditation Criteria

• June KJ
• Chin YR
• Kim HG
• Kim CM
• Song YY
• Kim SY
• Lee H
• Jeong IS
• Seo KS
• Choi KW

• KMID: 2311181
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.2.183

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to seek the direction of community health nursing practice education focus on the nursing education accreditation criteria.
METHODS
We collected data through e-mail survey to all of 202 Korean nursing baccalaureate education institute in April, 2016. The 93 professors teaching community health nursing was responded about their affiliated institute (response rate 46.0%).
RESULTS
The Korean nursing graduates in Feb. 2016 was practiced 3.01 credits, 131.6 hours in community health nursing course. Community health nursing practice agency was public health center (98.9%), Public health center post (43.0%), Public health center branch (32.3%) in order. The possibility to achieve the course objectives up to national examination was recognised Public health center (3.4), Public health center post (3.3), Public health center branch and school (3.2) from 5 score likert scale. A lot of nursing education institute have difficulty in clinical placement in community health nursing practice agency that meet eligibility of preceptor and space gaining for only nursing students.
CONCLUSION
The nursing education accreditation criteria in 3rd cycle have to be considered real community health nursing practice situation and newly emerging community health nursing fields.

Keyword

Community health nursing; Nursing education; Accreditation; Standards; Public health practice

MeSH Terms

Accreditation*
Community Health Nursing*
Education*
Education, Nursing*
Electronic Mail
Humans
Nursing*
Public Health
Public Health Practice
Students, Nursing

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