Authors:
Setiawan
1
;
Dewi Elizadiani Suza
1
and
Fahrizal Alwi
2
Affiliations:
1
Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) and Medan, Indonesia
;
2
Master Program, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) and Medan, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Caring competency, undergraduate nursing student
Abstract:
Caring is essential in nursing. It has been considered as primary component and a foundation for quality nursing education. Caring competency is requirement needed by professional nurses, which is expected by patients and families when seeking nursing service. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate existing evidence with aim of identifying caring competency for undergraduate nursing students. Methods: Literature review was conducted by selecting appropriate articles which were published between year 2012 to 2017. Various database used were CINAHL, Proquest, Pubmed, MEDLINE, Science Direct, and Gale. Keywords used were caring competency, undergraduate nursing student, and nursing education. This search found 31 related articles. Of 31 articles, there were only 16 articles which focus on caring competency. Nine of 16 focused articles provide full texts of important information on caring competency and caring experiences in undergraduate nursing students. Results: From a
total of 31 articles related to caring competency for undergraduate nursing students, nine were retrieve as the final step. The articles consisted quantitative and qualitative research which revealed important caring competency for undergraduate nursing student which named as fundamental caring competency of the student: provision of appropriate care, personal quality/character, helping attitude, communication skills, and relationship building ability. Besides the competency, this systematic review also found factors influencing students in study caring: learning milieu, motivation, personality, and cultural competence. Conclusion: Caring competency is very important for undergraduate nursing students to apply into practice since it is the essence or foundation for nursing intervention. Caring competency can be studied and measured through nursing education system. Nursing education institutions and nurse educators have obligation to ensure that their students equipped with caring competency for their professional practice.
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