NURSING STUDENT IMPACT OF CLINICAL PRACTICE SATISFACTION AND PROFESSOR-STUDENT INTERACTION ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Yu-Kyung Park*

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is a descriptive correlational study to identify factors that affect learning achievement among nursing students and determine the relationship between these variables. The subjects of the study were 155 fourth-year nursing students at Y University and D University located in Y City. The research results showed a significant positive correlation between academic achievement, clinical practice satisfaction (r=.591, p=.000), and professor-student interaction (r=.520, p=.000). Satisfaction and professor-student interaction (r=.467, P=.000) showed a statistically significant difference with a significant positive correlation. Satisfaction with clinical practice (β=.446, p<.000) and professor-student interaction (β=.312, p=.001) were identified as influencing factors on academic achievement, and the total explanatory power was 41.8%. Based on the results of this study, nursing students' satisfaction with clinical practice and professor-student interaction are highly related to academic achievement, so efforts will be needed to provide a student-friendly clinical practice teaching environment that reflects students' learning needs.

Keywords: Clinical practice satisfaction, Professor-student interaction, academic achievement.