Relationship among major satisfaction, academic achievement, and clinical performance of Nursing Students at a College of Nursing

Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of major satisfaction, maturation of career consciousness and clinical practice satisfaction of nursing college students on job-seeking stress. Methods For this study, from Oct to Nov 2022, 157 3th, 4th grade students were participated from K University in K Province, using a self-reported questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 25.0. program. Results As a result of this study, it was revealed that there was a significant correlation between the job-seeking stress of nursing students on major satisfaction(r=-.270, p<.001), clinical practice satisfaction(r=-.283 p<.001), maturation of career consciousness(r=-.424, p<.001). Also, the factors affecting the job-seeking stress of nursing students were major satisfaction(β=-0.005, p<.05), clinical practice satisfaction(β=-0.126, p<.001), maturation of career consciousness(β=-0.369, p<.001) with a total explanatory power of 17.7%. Conclusions To improve department-level efforts are needed to increase satisfaction and academic achievement of the nursing major through various education and practice programs. There is a need to increase satisfaction and confidence in practical training to improve clinical performance.