Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to identify the differences in problem-solving ability, communication ability, and self-directed learning ability according to the types of clinical practice education of nursing students, that is, offline practice, online practice, and online/offline concurrent practice.
 Methods A survey was conducted on 159 nursing students, and the collected data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 to determine the differences in problem-solving ability, communication ability, and self-directed learning ability according to offline practice, online practice, and online/offline concurrent practice. Analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis test, was performed, and the difference between groups was analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test.
 Results Nursing students' divergent thinking (χ²=8.09, p=.006) and problem-solving ability (χ²=3.48, p=.033) were significantly higher in the online practice group than the offline practice group and online/offline concurrent practice group, and the leading For communication (χ²=4.45, p=.037) and understanding others' point of view (χ²=4.92, p=.029), the scores of the online practice group were higher than those of the offline and online/offline concurrent practice groups, and the learning needs diagnosis (χ²=5.78, p=.045), resource identification for learning (χ²=4.45, p=.037), and self-directed learning ability (χ²=3.70, p=.027) showed that the online practice group had both offline practice group and online/offline. significantly higher than that of the practice group. In addition, problem-solving ability, communication ability, and self-directed learning ability were found to be positively correlated.
 Conclusions Online practice is effective in improving problem-solving ability, communication ability, and self-directed learning ability of nursing students.

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