Relationship of Self-Directedness and Practice Satisfaction to Clinical Practice in Nursing Students: The Mediating Effect of Clinical Competence

Purpose: This study was done to identify the relationship of self-directedness, clinical competence and practice satisfaction to clinical practice for nursing students and to investigate the mediating effect of their clinical competence between self-directedness and clinical practice satisfaction. Method: The data were collected form 291 nursing students in clinical practice using self-report questionnaire on April 25 and June 20, 2011. Results:...