The Relationship Between the Perceptions of Nursing Students Toward the Clinical Learning-Teaching Process and Competency Outcomes in a Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Midwifery Practicum 1

Abstract

This descriptive research was conducted to study the relationship between the perceptions of nursing students toward the clinical learning-teaching process and competency outcomes in a Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Midwifery Practicum 1 course. The participants of the study were 90 3rd year nursing students from the Faculty of Nursing, Bangkok Thonburi University, who participated in the Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Midwifery Practicum 1 in the 2nd semester of the 2023 academic year. The research instruments were a perception of nursing students toward the clinical learning-teaching process questionnaire and competency in Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Midwifery Practicum 1 assessment form. The two research tools had content validity values ​​of .88 and .84, respectively, and Cronbach's coefficients ​​of .81 and .86, respectively. The data were analyzed by using frequencies, percentages, and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficients.

Results: This study indicated that the sample group had a high level of perception of the clinical learning-teaching process (Mean = 4.43, S.D. = 0.660) and a high level of competency as the outcome of the Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Midwifery Practicum 1 (Mean= 4.47, S.D.= 0.597). There was a positive relationship between perceptions of the clinical learning-teaching process and competency with statistical significance at p<.5 (r =.553, p<.001). Therefore, to get students prepared for the practice, instructors should design learning-teaching activities focusing on promoting the positive perception of nursing students toward the clinical learning-teaching process to enhance practice competence for nursing students.