Jennie De Gagne recently published an article entitled "Factors affecting clinical competency of Korean nurses in the perianesthesia setting" in the Journal of The Korean Data Analysis Society. Co-authors include experts from South Korea. 

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with clinical competency of PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) nurses and to examine the relationship among them. A total of 193 nurses participated in this cross-sectional, descriptive study using a structured questionnaire. Self-leadership, nursing professionalism, and critical thinking disposition were positively correlated with clinical competency (r=.585, p