Master's Nursing Programs in Taiwan

The Current Situation and Prospects of Master's Nursing Programs in Taiwan

The purpose of the study: (1) to understand the models of master education in nursing in Taiwan, including goals, curriculum, and clinical hours…etc). (2) to explore the clinical competencies and career development of the graduates of master's nursing program in Taiwan. Methods: Researchers will collect the data of program goals, curriculum, and clinical hours…etc. from the websites of all nursing schools that provide master's education in nursing in Taiwan. A structured self-report questionnaire will be used to collect the data of the clinical competence and career development of the graduates who have graduated from a master's nursing program in Taiwan in recent 3 years. A third of all eligible subjects will be randomly selected and invited to fill out the questionnaire by the schools that they graduated from.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Master's Nursing Programs

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 300

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 10051
    • Recruiting
    • National Taiwan University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 22 years to 50 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

the graduates who have graduated from a master's nursing program in Taiwan in recent 3 years.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. the graduates who have graduated from a master's nursing program in Taiwan in recent 3 years (2015-2017)
2. The persons who are willing to participate in the study and fill out the questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. The person who is unable to read and write Chinese.
2. The person who is unable to fill out the questionnaire by him/her-self

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
master's nursing program; the graduates of master's nursing program in recent three years in Taiwan

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
clinical competencies of study subjects	Clinical Nurse Specialist Core Competencies Questionnaire will be used for measuring clinical competencies of study subjects. There are 67 items in the questionnaire. The questionnaire employ 5 point Likert-scale. The subject will be asked to assess his/her own clinical competence and choose an appropriate number for each item. The higher number means higher level of clinical competence.	up to 24 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The questionnaire of employment status	Study subjects will be asked to fill out whether they are active practice nurse and the information of their current job, including workplace (such as hospital, community health center, school,…etc.), current job title (such as staff nurse, head nurse, nurse supervisor, clinical instructor, nurse practitioner,…etc.) and full-time or part-time.	up to 24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 20, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 15, 2018
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 15, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 30, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 4, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 4, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2018
• Last Verified: September 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 201807093RINB

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No