Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of critical thinking disposition, communicative competency on the psychiatric nursing competency of nursing students.
 Methods Date were collected from October 1 to 15, 2021 through online questionnaire survey. Participants were 156 students in the 4th grades ot nursing colleges located in Jeollanamdo, The spss/26.0 program was used to analyze the deta with descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, pearson’s correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression.
 Results First, it was found that there was a significant difference in psychiatric nursing competency according to motivation to go to school and psychiatric nursing practice location preference among the general characteristics of the subjects. Second, there was significant positive correlation between psychiatric nursing competency, critical thinking disposition, and communicative competency of nursing students. Third, factors influencing the psychiatric nursing competency of nursing students were critical thinking disposition, communicative competency and the explanatory power was 34.0%.
 Conclusions In order to improve the psychiatric nursing competency of nursing students, it is necessary to develop a curriculum and educational program that considers critical thinking disposition and communication skills.

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