@article{จงรักษ์_เลิศสาครศิริ_ชินโนรส_2019, title={Factors Associated with Competency of Professional Nurses in Caring Stroke Patients}, volume={11}, url={https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pnujr/article/view/108896}, abstractNote={<p>      <span class="fontstyle0">This descriptive research aimed to study competency of professional nurses who were caring stroke patients. The 169 samples were experienced professional nurses who had been caring stroke<br>patients for one year and over. Research instrument was a questionnaire consisting of personal data,<br>factors relating to the organizational administration, working environment and working motivation,</span> <br> <span class="fontstyle0">as well as the evaluation form about competency of professional nurses. The questionnaire had been<br>validated by three experts. All of content internal validity index was greater than .05. And the Cronbach’s<br>alpha coefficients were .94, .92, .96 and .93, respectively. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage,<br>mean, standard deviation and the Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient.<br> Results from study had shown that the overall mean score of professional nurses’ competency was<br>at a good level (3.87). The highest average score, 4.29, was for nursing care on planning of discharging<br>and the continuity of care, followed by communication and coordination, with an average score of 4.17 (a<br>good level). The lowest average score was 3.17 (a moderate level), for research and nursing development.<br>Organizational administration, working environment, and job motivation had positive correlation with the<br>competency of the professional nurses (r = .40, .26 and .35, p< .01, respectively)</span> </p>}, number={1}, journal={Princess of Naradhiwas University Journal}, author={จงรักษ์ เบญจภรณ์ and เลิศสาครศิริ มาลีวัล and ชินโนรส สมพร}, year={2019}, month={Jan.}, pages={38–49} }