Ji-Young Han

Factors Influencing Clinical Competence in Nursing Students

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing clinical competence in nursing students. Method: The participants were 125 nursing students and data were collected from October 8 to December 18, 2010 using questionnaires with. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson`s correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. Results: There were significant correlations for creativity, problem-solving ability, self-directed learning ability, and clinical competence. The factor influencing clinical competence the most was creativity, followed by problem-solving ability, self-directed learning ability, and grade point average score. The regression model explained 37% of variance in clinical competence. Conclusion: The results indicate that for improvement in the clinical competence of nursing students, it is necessary to develop strategies and education programs to enhance creativity, problem-solving ability, and self-directed learning ability.

The Effects of Organizational Justice and Emotional Intelligence on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Nurses

The purpose of this study was to explore organizational justice, emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior and to identify the effect of organizational justice and emotional intelligence on job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior in general hospital nurses. The sample of this study consisted of 184 nurses from 1 general hospital located in Busan. Data were collected with self-administered questionnaires and were analyzed with the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. There were significant correlations for organizational justice, emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior. The regression model explained 51.8% of job satisfaction and organizational justice and emotional Received (September 20, 2017), Review Result (October 10, 2017) Accepted (October 17, 2017), Published (December 31, 2017) 46555 Bumin hospital 59, Mandeok-daero, Buk-gu, Busan, Korea email: hjyk23@naver.com (Corresponding Author) 46958 Dept. Nursing Science, Silla Univ., 700beon-gil, Sasang-gu, Busan, Korea email: hanjy@silla.ac.kr The Effects of Organizational Justice and Emotional Intelligence on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Nurses Copyright c 2017 HSST 486 intelligence were factors influencing job satisfaction. The regression model explained 39.9% of organizational citizenship behavior. Emotional intelligence, organizational justice and age(40≤) were factors influencing job satisfaction. The results indicate that it is necessary to develop strategies to enhance organizational justice and emotional intelligence for improvement job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior in nurses.