Perceived competence of Filipino nursing students graduating during pandemic

Perceived competence of Filipino nursing students graduating during pandemic

competence, nursing skills, nursing students, pandemic, Philippines

Introduction: Given the importance of maintaining competence, limited published research is conducted in the local
setting touching on the competence of nursing students graduating during the pandemic. This study determined
graduating nursing students’ perceived fundamental nursing skills and core competence.
Methods: The research design is quantitative descriptive cross-sectional. The study participants were the 102
graduating nursing students of a public university in Iloilo City, Philippines. The Perceived Competence of Filipino
Nurses Questionnaire was used to gather data in May 2022 and these were analyzed using SPSS software version 23.
Results: The results revealed that, while the majority of nursing students reported that their nursing competencies
were greatly affected by the shift to the online learning platform, most still had a high perception of their fundamental
nursing skills competence (M=6.97) and core competence (M=8.03). The areas of elimination (M=5.41) and research
(M=7.63) were the lowest-ranked fundamental skill and core competencies, respectively. There was a significant
difference (p< .05) in nursing students' perceived competence based on self-reported academic performance.
Conclusions: Despite the reduced exposure in the clinical setting due to the pandemic, graduating nursing students
perceive themselves to be highly confident in their capabilities as future professional nurses. Nonetheless, areas for
improvement were identified that warrant further assessment, validation, and enhancement.

Joshua Eugene Molanida1

, Tisha Jane Amar Neyra1

, Paolo Miguel Norada1

, Princess Mae`

Olarte1
, Danish Danielle Palma2

, and Ryan Michael Flores Oducado1

http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jn.v18i1.41395

23 February 2023

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