The Effect of Clinical Practice Stress and Department Satisfaction on Nursing Professionalism of Nursing College Students

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of clinical practice stress and department satis-faction of nursing students on their nursing professionalism. Method: This study was conducted on 220 nursing students from two universities located in J city from November 4 to November 29, 2019. The collected data were processed with t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation anal-ysis, and regression analysis using the SPSS 18.0 program. Results: As a result of the study, the clinical practice stress of nursing college students showed a negative correlation with nursing professionalism (r=.33, p<.01). The department satisfaction of nursing college students showed a positive correlation with nursing professionalism (r=.65, p<.01). In addition, the department satisfaction of nursing college students showed an influence on nursing professionalism (β=.670, p<.001), and the explanato-ry power was 42%. Conclusion: It is hoped that the results of this study can be used as basic data for enhancing department satisfaction and improving the clinical practice curriculum of nursing students in the future by identifying the clinical practice stress and department satisfaction of nursing students and analyzing the factors affecting the nursing professionalism.