A Development Enrich Curriculum for Nursing Competencies in Tsunami Area for Students Nurse.

The aim of this study was to develop a supplementary curriculum to enhance a capacity among nurse students based on their attitude and nursing care competencies in the Tsunami Area. This study was divided into 4 main steps as the followings. 1. Exploring a capacity that needs for development This step was to study and analyze nursing care competencies in the Tsunami Area. Data on nursing competencies were collected by using an in-depth interview. The interview was done among 12 nurses and 20 people who lived in the Tsunami Area. The results showed that nursing care competencies needed to be improved were : decision making, emergency care and mental health care. 2. Designing the supplementary curriculum The results from the step 1 were used to develop a curriculum benchmark in accordance with the needs of training, curriculum objectives, and behavioral objectives. The contents of the designed curriculum consisted of 3 main units: 1) nurses’ decision making; emergency care; and mental health care. This curriculum benchmark was evaluated by 9 experts and 30 nurses in the Tsunami area. 3. Performing a tryout of the supplementary curriculum A try out of this curriculum was done among 40 nurse students who were in the fourth year of the nursing course. It was found that the knowledge care and the attitude toward nurse students and their nursing skill derived from either pre-test or post-test were at good levels. However, the levels of achievement and attitude obtained from the post-test were significantly higher than those obtained form the pre-test (p-value<0.01). 4. Improving the supplementary curriculum In order to make it more interesting, this curriculum was improved by changing activities, time, and media for learning and teaching. Subsequently, the complete supplementary curriculum was constructed.