Phan Thi Dung
Viet Duc University Hospital, Vietnam
Title: Assessment of new graduate nurses based on Vietnam's nursing competency standards: A cooperation program between Japan and Vietnam
Biography
Biography: Phan Thi Dung
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess newly graduated nurses based on the Vietnamese basic nursing competency standards.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2015 and December 2016 with the participation of 590 nurses at 43 health facilities in Hanoi city and four provinces in Vietnam. Those nurses completed clinical practice courses at the selected health facilities after graduating from universities, colleges and medical secondary schools. A self-administered questionnaire was designed on the basis of the Vietnamese nursing competency standards and used for data collection. The study assessed three groups of indicators, including nurses’ demographic characteristics (independent variables), competencies (dependent variables) and the associations between competencies and some factors. Data were entered into EpiData ver. 3.1 and then analyzed with SPSS ver. 17.0.
Results: Newly graduate nurses had a mean practice score of 58 points. Only 0.3% of the surveyed nurses met the Vietnamese basic nursing competency standards, 0.8% met the competency standards of care in nursing, 1.7% met the competency standards of occupational management and development, and 37.1% met the competency standards of legal professional practice and ethics.
Conclusion: Newly graduate nurses meeting the Vietnamese basic nursing competency standards accounted for a minimal proportion.