The Study of Stakeholders’ Needs on the Development of Desirable Attributes of the Graduates of the Royal Thai Army Nursing College
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This mixed-methods research was conducted to study the needs assessment for developing graduates' desirable attributes of the Royal Thai Army Nursing College. The qualitative study in phase 1 aimed to study the desirable attributes of nurses who graduated from the Royal Thai Army Nursing College. The samples included employers, graduates from the 51st - 55th batches, current instructors, alumni, and current students, 40 in total. In-depth interviews found that the desirable attributes of graduates included military leadership, military nursing, and nursing professional aspects. The quantitative study in phase 2 studied the needs assessment for the development of graduate nurses’ desirable attributes. The samples consisted of 98 employers and 165 graduates from the 51st - 55th batches. The research questionnaire was a dual response, which was tested for reliability with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of .98, and .97 for the expectation and the reality of the desirable attributes of nurses, respectively. The overall Priority of Needs Index (PNIModified) for developing the desirable attributes included the military nursing (PNIModified = 0.115), military leadership (PNIModified = 0.087), and nursing professional (PNIModified = 0.074).
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