간호사 국가시험 현황분석과 개선안

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to review the status of the current Korean nursing licensure examination system and make suggestions for improvement. Method: A descriptive study design was adopted, and the respondents were 304 clinical nurses and 167 professors. The questionnaire was developed from a literature review and focus group interviews. Result: Regarding the problems with the current Korean nursing licensure examination, the nurses responded that the exam questions were content-based being unhelpful in the clinical field (54.3%), while the professors responded that the exam lacked integrated situation-focused questions (47.3%). More than 50% of the respondents agreed that the subjects tested should be integrated, and many of the clinical nurses and professors thought that it would be appropriate to change the criteria of the nursing licensure examination to be based on occupational performance. Conclusion: Our proposal for improving the Korean nursing licensure examination is to integrate the subjects that are tested and to change the test criteria to accommodate work-related questions in order to improve the questions on the test. A system for developing diversified questions needs to be implemented, and a policy plan for overseeing this process is necessary.