Correlations between Nursing Competency, Communication Skills, and Job Stress by Nurses’ Clinical Experience

Key Points

• This research aims to compare nursing competency, communication skills, and job stress among nurses with varying clinical experience and analyze their correlations.
• Descriptive correlational design conducted with 249 nurses from a regional general hospital.
• Data collected between August 13 and 27, 2025.
• Analysis involved independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson-correlation coefficient.
• Significant differences in nursing competency by clinical experience (p<.001).
• No significant differences in communication skills (p=.226) and job stress (p=.230).
• Positive correlations found between nursing competency and communication skills (p<.001), nursing competency and job stress (p=.010), and communication skills and job stress (p=.003).