Competency for Primary Medical Care Practice of Nursing Students of Srimahasarakham Nursing College Srimahasarakham Nursing College

Abstract

This descriptive cross-sectional research aimed to evaluate the competency for primary medical care practice and relationships between the grade in the theoretical subject and competency for primary medical care practice, grade average and competency for primary medical care practice of nursing students of Srimahasarakham Nursing College. The sample comprised 98 nursing students of Srimahasarakham Nursing College. The instruments for data collection were the demographic data and the competency questionnaire approved for validity by expert panel (CVI = 1), and the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient was 0.87. Statistical techniques used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s product-moment correlation test at the significant level of .05.

The results in this study revealed that:

The overall mean score of competency for primary medical care practice was at the high level. For each item, it was found that the simple suture  had the highest mean score,  holistic care and caring, and  health education came up the second and the third highest  respectively. The remove nail had the lowest mean score, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and caring in accident and disaster came up the second and the third lowest  respectively .

There was no statistical correlation between the grade in the theoretical subject and competency for  primary medical care practice  of  nursing  students  of  Srimahasarakham Nursing College.

There was  no statistical correlation  between  grade average and competency for primary  medical  care practice  of  nursing  students  of  Srimahasarakham  Nursing  College.