2011 Volume 31 Issue 3 Pages 3_21-3_31
Purpose: The objective of this research was to identify goals and achievement levels of nursing skills at graduation upon which both nursing educators and clinical practice experts can agree.
Methods: With the cooperation of 91 nursing educators and 98 clinical practice experts, 158 items regarding these goals and achievement levels were iteratively reviewed three times by a Delphi method using a questionnaire.
Results: Based on this feedback, these goals and achievement levels were finally narrowed down to 143 items, of which 138 items obtained greater than 80% approval from both nursing educators and clinical practice experts, and the remaining 5 items obtained 74–79% approval, indicating high overall approval rates. The goals of nursing skills consist of four achievement levels: 33 items in level I (able to perform independently) and 53 items in level II (able to perform under supervision), where both levels have many items about nursing skills with respect to support of daily life activities; 20 items in level III (able to perform in nursing skills laboratories) and 37 items in level IV (understand as knowledge), where both of these levels include many items about nursing skills accompanying medical treatment.
Conclusion: We believe the results of this questionnaire study will help bridge the gap between education and clinical practice, leading to more coherent nursing skills education programs.
