21st Century Skills of the Undergraduates Boromarajonani College of Nursing Sunpasitthiprasong

Abstract

Nurses are key personnel of the health team who need to be competent in line with the changes of 21^st century. This descriptive study aimed to study the 21^st century skills of graduate of Nurses.Samples consisted of 212 graduates from Boromarajonani College of Nursing Sunpasitthiprasong in academic year 2015-2017. A demographic questionnaire and a 21^st century questionnaire were used for data collection. The Content Validity Index (CVI) and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the tool was .77 and .97. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.

The result of this study Overall 21^st century skills of the study samples had a good level (= 4.02, SD = .65). Considering each domain, the study results demonstrated that the study samples had very good level in cross-cultural understanding (= 4.31, SD = .53), computing and ICT literacy   ( = 4.22, SD = .58). Moreover, the samples had a good level in collaboration, teamwork & leadership ( = 4.13, SD = .62), Career & learning self-reliance (= 4.19, SD= .63), reading (= 3.67, SD = .72),  writing ( = 3.68, SD = .76), arithmetic ( = 3.94, SD = .70), critical thinking and problem solving (= 3.98, SD = .60), creativity & Innovation ( = 3.75, SD = .74), and communication, information & medial literacy (= 3.94, SD = .66).

These study results could be used as the basic data for planning the development of nursing students in the areas of teaching and extra-curricular activities for 21^st century skills at a appropriate level, especially