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June, Chin, Kim, Kim, Song, Kim, Lee, Jeong, Seo, and Choi: Direction of the Community Health Nursing Practice Education Focusing on the Nursing Education Accreditation Criteria
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Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2016; 27(2): 183-192.

Published online: 30 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.2.183

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

Kyung Ja June1, Young Ran Chin2, Hee Girl Kim3, Chun Mi Kim4, Yeon Yi Song5, Souk Young Kim6, Hanju Lee7, Ihn Sook Jeong8, Ki Soon Seo9, Kyung Won Choi10

1Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.

2Department of Nursing, Chungwoon University, Hongseong, Korea.

3Department of Nursing, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea.

4Department of Nursing, Sunmoon University, Asan, Korea.

5Department of Nursing, Chungcheong University, Cheongju, Korea.

6Department of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea.

7Department of Nursing, Sangmyung University, Cheonan, Korea.

8College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.

9College of Nursing Daejeon institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.

10Department of Nursing, Korea National University of Transportation, Jeungpyeong, Korea.

Corresponding author: Chin, Young Ran. Department of Nursing, Chungwoon University, 25 Daehak-gil, Hongseong-eup, Hongseong 32244, Korea. Tel: +82-41-630-3408, Fax: +82-41-630-3303, chinyr@chungwoon.ac.kr

Received 7 June 2016       Accepted 24 June 2016

© 2016 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing

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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.

Keywords: Community health nursing, Nursing education, Accreditation, Standards, Public health practice

Figures and Tables

Table 1

General Characteristics of Nursing College Responded

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Characteristics Categories n (%) or M±SD Range
Nursing college *based graduates in Feb. 2016 The number of graduates majored in nursing (persons) 23~50 20 (21.7)
51~80 22 (23.9)
81~120 21 (22.8)
121~200 14 (15.2)
201~320 15 (16.3)
85.33±73.73
Total credit of community health nursing practice (credits) 2 20 (21.5)
3 47 (50.5)
4 24 (25.8)
5 1 (1.1)
6 1 (1.1)
3.10±0.78
Total hour of community health nursing practice (hour) 131.61±33.20 85~255
Professors responded Teaching career in community health nursing (year) 11.56±9.16 1~33
Table 2

The Distribution of Community Health Nursing Practice Agency (N=93)

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Variables Practiced
n (%)
Public health center 92 (98.9)
Public health center branch 30 (32.3)
Public health center post 40 (43.0)
Occupational health center 27 (29.0)
School health center 23 (24.7)
Senior welfare center 15 (16.1)
Community child center 6 (6.5)
Health center for workers 4 (4.3)
Dementia center 2 (2.2)
Dementia support center 1 (1.1)
Dementia day care center 1 (1.1)
Table 3

The Possibility to Achieve the Course Objectives

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Course objectives of community health nursing (up to national examination) Institute for public health OHC School SWC
PHC PHCB PHCP
The number of university responded 78 17 20 20 21 13
Assessment of community health care need Understanding of health policy 3.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2
Applying epidemiology and statistics 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.5
Nursing assessment in community 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.1
Health equity and cultural diversity 3.2 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.7 3.4
Planning of public health program Planning of public health program 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.4 2.7
Resource utilization 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.6
Health promotion by population group Health promotion program 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.1
Primary health care 3.9 4.2 4.4 3.5 3.7 2.5
Infectious and chronic disease control 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.0
Safe and environment Environment health 2.4 2.4 2.7 3.2 3.2 2.0
Disaster management 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.6
Average 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.8

PHC=public health center; PHCB=public health center branch; PHCP=public health center post; OHC=occupational health center; SWC=senior welfare center; Rage 1~5: 1=Very low, 2=Low, 3=common, 4=high, 5=very high.

Table 4

Difficulties for the Meeting Eligibility of Preceptor & Space Gaining for Only Nursing Students

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Variables Practiced nursing college Meeting eligibility of preceptor (%) Space gaining for only nursing students (%)
n Easy Difficult Impossible Easy Difficult Impossible
Public health center 92 43.3 53.3 3.3 42.2 54.4 3.3
Public health center branch 30 35.5 48.4 16.1 32.3 54.8 12.9
Public health center post 40 24.4 61.0 14.6 40.0 37.5 22.5
Occupational health center 27 33.3 63.0 3.7 40.0 56.0 4.0
School health center 23 59.1 36.4 4.5 47.8 34.8 17.4
Senior welfare center 15 40.0 46.7 13.3 50.0 35.7 14.3
Community child center 6 0.0 14.3 85.7 0.0 0.0 20.0
Health center for workers 4 50.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 75.0 0.0
Dementia center 2 50.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0
Dementia support center 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Dementia day care center 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0

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