Student Perspectives on Learning About Caring During a Clinical Nursing Practice Experience
Year: 1995
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore nursing students' perspectives of learning about caring during a clinical practice experience. Six students from my 1994 spring and summer clinical groups participated in the study on completion of their clinical practice experience. Four students were in the first year of the collaborative nursing curriculum and two were senior students in the nursing diploma program. Face-to-face interviews constituted the primary method of information collection. Students' clinical journals were also photocopied and used to augment interview information. Interviews were thematically analysed and forty-six themes identified. Analysis of the coLlected information suggested that students do learn about caring in the clinical practice area. They indicated that experiences of observing others care, of caring for others, and of being cared-for contributed to their developing sense of a caring self. Students also noted a paradoxical nature to learning about caring; that is, caring is often best learned or understood in terms of non-caring. Information analysis also revealed several common themes within the students' definition of caring. These included recognition of client needs, the difficulty of saying good-bye and time . The results of the information analysis suggest some implications for nurse educators. The careful choice of clinical placements and the education of staff nurses regarding their influence on student nurses is critical. As well, students
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Wanda Pierson
Language: English
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2110080524