THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING COURSE TO ENHANCE THE CAREER PLANNING COMPETENCY OF NURSING STUDENTS

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The purposes of this study were 1) to develop of training course to enhance the career planning competency of nursing students and 2) to compare students' career planning competency, before and after the implementation. The simple group of this study consisted of 30 third-year with mixed abilities (strong, medium, and weak) nursing students of Wei fang Nursing Vocational College were sampled through random cluster. The research instruments included 1) training course based on information processing theory and 2) career planning competency test. The assessment questions aim to assess three sub-variables within the dependent variable including: 1) career pathways in nursing, 2) stress management and work-life balance, and 3) cultural competency and communication competency. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation and t-test for dependent sample. The results revealed the followings:1.Training course to enhance the career planning competency of nursing students which consisted of 1) principle 2) objectives 3) contents and time 4) training methods 5) learning media/resources, and 6) assessment and the course evaluation results were at higher and better level.2.Comparing of their career planning competency and abilities before and after implementation, the average score in pre-test evaluation was 80 of full score 120, and in post-test evaluation was 106 of full score 120. It was found that after learning was higher than before learning by statistically at the 0.01 level. That was consistent with the research hypothesis.