Analysis of Factors Influencing Nursing Students' Confidence in Performing Core Basic Nursing Skills

This study is a descriptive research study conducted to confirm the factors influencing on nursing students' confidence in performing core basic nursing skills and use it as evidence to find ways to improve confidence in performing core basic nursing skills. The subjects were 179 Nursing student and data were collected from June 20 to 30, 2024. Data were analyzed t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe’s test, Pearson correlation coefficients and Multiple linear regression analysis using the SPSS 29.0. Confidence in performing core basic nursing skills includes critical thinking disposition(r=.528, p<.001), nursing process competency(r=.597, p<.001), and transfer motivation (r=.809, p<.001) and the transfer motivation (β=1.369, p<.001) was found an influential factor, and the explanatory power was 65.1%(Adj R2=.651, p<.001). Based on the results of this study, to increase the confidence of nursing students in performing core basic nursing skills, to develop and educated various teaching and learning education program that consider critical thinking disposition, nursing process competency, and transfer motivation that have been proven as correlations and influencing factors.