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This survey research aimed to explore the opinions of nurse practitioners on the training curriculum. The samples were two thousand four hundred and six nurses practitioner,who completed four months training courese and were registered as the nurse practitioner by Thai Nursing Council between 2003 and 2010. Mail questionnaire was used for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (i.e.,frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and one way ANOVA to compare nurses' opinions.
The results indicated that in terms of curriculum management, curriculum objectives, and appropriateness of the instructors had the highest score, while the training course duration,number of credits, students in class and clinical practice institutes, interested and upload content, and the applicable contents of all subjects had high score. In addition,the teaching and learning management of practice subject,including coordination with practice site, explicit coures objectives, period of training, teaching skills of the clinical instructors, proportion of instructors and students and activities of practice, had high score. The sample also indicated that physician is the most appropriate clinical instructor in basic medical care practice. There was a significantly effect of the number of the number of trainees in class, training study, and practice setting on opinion of appropriateness of traning curriculum at the p < .05 level. The group of 1-50 trainees in class indicated that the curriculum had more appropriate than the group of 151 tp 200 trainees (F=4.44,p<.01). The group of trainees who studied during official day class was more likely to appreciate the curriculum than those who studied during weekend. As well as the group of trainees, who practiced at health promoting hospitals,community medical units and general hospitals, was more likely to appreciate the curriculum than those who practice at community hospitals (F=2.72,p=.04).
Recommendation from this research showed that the four months training courses and teaching-learning process was appropriate to develop the nurse competencies in basic medical care.
The purpose of this qualitative research was to study the opinions of nurse practitions (N.P.) who graduated from short training courses (four months) about quality health care services, The participants consisted of four directors, two peer staffs, six nurse practitioner, and 20 clients, that represent four primary care units in two provinces in the eastern region of Thailand.Two provinces were selected by simple random sampling, Chonburi Province, and Chachoengsao Province, one sub-district. In-depth interview, observation technique, structural interview, and thirteen client's recorded reviews were used for data collection by the researcher and assistants. Reflection technique was used to validate the data. The data was analyzed by content analysis technique, and computerizefor descriptive statistics. The results of the study were as follows: Nurse practitioners were working at out patients departments in community hospitals, community medical units, and community health centers, in elderly clinics, chronic illness clinics, out of office time service, case screenings, client home visits, community health cares, and pap smear clinics. The quality of N.P. service concerning potency, communication, service behavior, work with health teams, and data recoded were better than before traning. The clients' satisfaction was in high and highest level, regarding taking illness history, physical examination, politeness, friendliness when giving consultation or information, rapidness and correction of service. However, the satisfaction of follow up treatment was low level. The quality and content of recode was low level. Nurse practitioner services supporting as policy for development, service system, specific room for service, reinforcement, appropriate number of staff, supporting instruments, and receptive from directors, peer staff, and clients. The nurse practitioner development issue was in use and interpreted laboratory results, data utilization and analyzing, research potency, and potency of continuing care. |
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