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Competencies of Masters in Nursing

Aim To evaluate competencies of students before studying for master’s degree and after completing a master’s programme and to determine whether there are differences between areas of competencies. Methods Subjects were students of university graduate programme in nursing at J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine Osijek. The study was conducted in two parts in years 2011 1nd 2012. In the first part the students did self-evaluation of their own competencies before they started the master’s programme and in the second part they evaluated the same competencies at the end of the master’s programme. The research instrument was a questionnaire that contained seven competency areas (27 criteria based on learning outcomes) and was designed specifically for this research. The data were presented in absolute and relative frequencies. Differences between the groups were analyzed by Wilcoxon test. Significance level was set at 0.05. Results The study included 28 subjects, average age 45 (+8)years, 24 (88.9%) were women and 3 (11:1%) were men. 18 subjects (66.7%) had more than 20 years of work experience. The results showed the lowest value for research competencies (MV=3.09, SD= 0.9) and pedagogic competencies (MV=3.4, SD=0.83), while the highest value was for ICT competencies (MV=4.04, SD=0.59) at the beginning of the master’s programme. At the end of the master’s programme the results showed significantly higher values in all seven areas of competencies (p<0.001). Self-evaluation of professional-pedagogic competencies, including planning, organizing and conducting nursing care in form of lectures, seminars and practical training showed MV=3.04, SD=1.07 at the beginning and MV=4.67, SD=0.55 (p<0.001) at the end of the master’s programme. Conclusion Having completed a university programme leading to a Master’s degree in Nursing at the Faculty of Medicine Osijek, the graduates have achieved the competencies required for a nursing care teacher.

competencies ; master of nursing

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