The Current Status of the 3+1 Curriculum Implementation of Nursing College in Transition from a Three-year to a Four-year Nursing Education System.
- Author:
Sook Young KIM
1
;
Joo Young LEE
;
Sun Ei JOUNG
Author Information
1. Professor, Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Korea. ssuny0175@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nursing;
Schools;
Curriculum;
Education
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Curriculum*;
Education;
Education, Nursing*;
Focus Groups;
Humans;
Nursing*;
Policy Making;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Running;
School Admission Criteria;
Schools, Nursing
- From:Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
2014;20(2):288-299
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of the 3+1 curriculum implementation of nursing college in transition from a three-year to a four-year nursing education system. METHOD: This study employs a triangulation study including a questionnaire survey and a focus group interview. The data collected from 34 nursing colleges were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 21.0 program and the interview data(9 department chairs of nursing colleges) were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: The important results are as follows; Many colleges applied academic performance as student selection standards. Factors in students' satisfaction are acquiring the bachelor's degree and a lot more relaxed college life. Factors in students' dissatisfaction are anxiety about national nursing exam and absence of college's own specialized programs. Main points of 3+1 course policy making are strengthening character education and core-fundamentals education in nursing. After qualitative contents analysis, three management-related subjects and 7 sub-subjects emerged. Three subjects were the effects of the 3+1 course running, the difficulties in management and how to run the 3+1 course effectively. CONCLUSION: From the results of this study, we concluded with some practical implications for the 3+1 course running for reformed nursing schools.
