Direction of the Community Health Nursing Practice Education Focusing on the Nursing Education Accreditation Criteria.
10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.2.183
- Author:
Kyung Ja JUNE
1
;
Young Ran CHIN
;
Hee Girl KIM
;
Chun Mi KIM
;
Yeon Yi SONG
;
Souk Young KIM
;
Hanju LEE
;
Ihn Sook JEONG
;
Ki Soon SEO
;
Kyung Won CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Community health nursing;
Nursing education;
Accreditation;
Standards;
Public health practice
- MeSH:
Accreditation*;
Community Health Nursing*;
Education*;
Education, Nursing*;
Electronic Mail;
Humans;
Nursing*;
Public Health;
Public Health Practice;
Students, Nursing
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2016;27(2):183-192
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.