Abstract:
The purpose of this descriptive research was to examine the perception of core competency for registered nurses and midwives of nursing students. Faculty of Nursing Burapha University.
The study population was the fourth-year nursing student who graduated in the academic year 2005. Data were collected using guestionnaire of core competency perception for registered nurse midwives, which was adapted by the researcher from the core competency assessment form for registered nurses and midwives of the Nursing Council of Thailand. The Cronbachs alpha reliability coefficient was .84.
The study results revealed that mean of total scores of 14 aspects of the core competency perception of nursing students of the Faculty of Nursing Burapha University was high
(xˉ = 3.78, SD = .35). Considering each aspect of the perception, there were means of the 12 aspect with high perception scores. Mean of the competency aspect of professional development and dignity was the highest (xˉ =4.37,SD = .54) and the next was aspect of competency on practices of nursing and midwives according to professional convention (xˉ = 4.19, SD =.52).
Means of 2aspect were medium perception score, They included an aspect of rehabilitation on physical and psycosocial of person, aggregated group and community in order to live optimal Potential (xˉ = 3.50, SD = .49) and an aspect of the effective communication for interpersonal, family, aggregated group and community (xˉ =3.41, SD = .54). In addition, there was no significant association between academic achievement and the core competency perception for registered nurses and midwives of nursing students. This study suggests that competencies of interpersonal, group, family and community communication of nursing students of nursing should be enchanced and improved especially, English and information technology communication in that the students would have higher competencies.