The Influence of the Psychiatric -Mental Health Nurses Practitioner Training Course on the Professional Self-Concept |
Kwang Ja Lee, Gyung Heel Kim |
College of Nursing Science. Ewha Womans University |
정신보건간호사 수련과정이 전문직 자아개념에 미치는 영향 |
이광자, 김경희 |
이화여자대학교 간호과학대학 교수, 강사 |
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Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to identify the professional self-concept of the psychiatric mental health nurses practitioner and the efficiency of their training course through investigating the difference between the professional self-concept before and after the training course. The device used in this investigation was PSCNI, the Professional Self Concept of Nurses Instrument.
The subjects of the study were the 37
psychiatric -mental health nurses practitioner who registered for the one-year course of the training. The training was to be carried out by two hospitals, one in Seoui and the other in KyungGi.
The research was carried out on 9th of March 1997 and on 7th of March 1998.
The former is the datr before the training began and the latter is the date after the tiaining was finished. The collected materials were examined through arithmetic mean, percentage, t-test, ANOVA and Duncan’s SPSS/PC.
multiple Range Test with the device of The results of the study are as fellows: 1) The average professional self-concept of the subjects were 3.76 before they had been trained. After the training, their average has been arisen to 3.80. However it is not enough to imply any significant difference of the professional self-concept between before and after the training course. 2) There were some significance variance of self-concept in terms of age(p = .024) and rank(p = 0.47). The younger group showed significantly higher score of professional self-concept than that of the older one. And the supervising nurses have had better professional self-concept than the ordinary nurses. |
Key Words:
Psychiatric - mental health nurses practitioner; Psychiatric - mental health nurses practitioner training course; Professional self-concept |
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