Relevance of the test content of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination to nursing job.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed at identifying if there is a relevance of content of the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination (KNLE) revised in 2014 to nursing job. It will be able to provide the validity of revised content of the KNLE.

Methods

From October 13 to November 13, 2015, print version of 8 duties with 49-tasks, 155-job item questionnaires were distributed to 1,305 hospital nurses and 202 nursing faculties in Korea. Results were treated by descriptive statistics and comparison analysis. There were responses from 946 nurses or professors (72.5%).

Results

The relevance of test content of KNLE to nursing job was shown to be valid with over 3 points out of 4 point Likert scale in all items: from 3.23 at lowest to 3.64 at top.

Conclusion

Above results showed that

SUBMITTER: Park IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914486 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature