J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2020 Nov;26(4):337-347. 10.5977/jkasne.2020.26.4.337.

Association of nursing activity participation and clinical practice stress with career maturity during clinical practice of nursing college students

• Han SY
• Kwak SJ
• Choi BG
• Jeon HJ
• Lee MK

• KMID: 2511044
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2020.26.4.337

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to figure out the association of nursing activity participation and clinical practice stress with career maturity during clinical practice among nursing college students.
Methods
Participants of the study were 201 nursing college students located in nationwide regions. Data collection was performed between July 18 and August 8, 2019. Data analyses were performed through an independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS WIN 25.0.
Results
The results of this study were as follows. We ran multiple regression analyses to see which critical factors influenced career maturity. The general characteristics significantly associated with career maturity were preference for clinical nursing, admission to nursing college due to belief, time off, and being satisfied with clinical practice. Regarding clinical practice stress, clinic environment, interpersonal relationship conflict, inappropriate role model and conflict with patients were significantly associated with career maturity.
Conclusion
This study suggested that, to improve nursing students’ career maturity, nursing colleges and training fields should collaboratively make an efforts to reduce students’ stress by building educational clinic environments including managing conflicts in interpersonal relationships among patients, caregivers, and medical and non-medical personnel, and improving inappropriate role models in nursing.

Keyword

Nursing students; Work engagement; Career choice; 간호대학생; 수행참여; 진로선택