The Relevance between Communication Self-Efficacy, Performance of Therapeutic Communication Knowledge Application Technique and Communication Competency in Clinical Training of Nursing College Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide basic data to reinforce the communication learning ability of effective clinical training by identifying the relevance between communication self-efficacy and performance of therapeutic communication knowledge application technique in clinical training of nursing college students. The data analysis was conducted with t-tests and one-way ANOVA using the SPSS 21.0 program.Therapeutic communication knowledge application, technical performance and communication competency describes 25.6% of communication self-efficacy. Grade, communication self-efficacy, and communication technique accounted for 28.3% of therapeutic communication knowledge application and technical performance. Academic achievement, economic status, communication self-efficacy, therapeutic communication knowledge application and technical performance describes 30.4% of communication competency.Therefore, the method for enhancing communication competency of nursing students needs to establish educational learning strategies to improve communication self-efficacy and to develop communication promoting program in the clinical site that directly carries out the knowledge of therapeutic communication.