간호대학생의 공감 능력이 돌봄 효능감에 미치는 영향

The Effects of Nursing Students‘ Empathy on Caring Efficacy: The Mediating Effect of Nursing Professional Perspective

본 연구는 간호대학생의 공감 능력과 돌봄 효능감의 관계에서 간호전문직관의 매개효과를 파악하고자 시도하였다. 연구대상자는 국내 K시와 E군에 소재한 대학의 간호학과에 재학 중인 간호대학생 175 명으로 자기기입식 온라인 설문조사를 통해 자료수집을 하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 29.0을 이용하여 기술통계와 t-test, ANOVA(사후분석 scheffe), Pearson correlation coefficient, 회귀분석을 하였으며 매개효과검증을 위해 Sobel test를 하였다. 연구 결과, 간호대학생의 공감 능력과 간호전문직관, 돌봄 효능감은 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보였으며 공감 능력과 돌봄 효능감의 관계에서 간호전문직관은 완전 매개효과를 나타냈다. 이는 간호대학생의 돌봄 효능감을 높이기 위하여 공감 능력을 증진하는 것도 중요하지만, 간호전문직관 향상을 위한 간호교육도 중요함을 시사한다.

This study attempted to understand the mediating effect of nursing professional perspective in the relationship between empathy and care efficacy of nursing college students. The subjects of the study were 175 nursing college students attending nursing departments at three universities in Korea, and data were collected through a self-written online survey. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis were performed on the collected data using SPSS 29.0, and Sobel tests were performed to verify the mediating effect. As a result of the study, there was a significant positive correlation between empathy, nursing professional perspective, and caring efficacy of nursing college students, and nursing professional perspective had a complete mediating effect in the relationship between empathy and caring efficacy. Therefore, it is important to increase empathy in order to improve nursing students’ caring efficacy, and it is suggested that education is important to promote nursing professional perspective.