The Study of the Nursing Students Lived Experience of Clinical Practice Nursing of Dementia Patients |
Hwang, Yun- Young; |
Dept. of Nursing, Cheju Halla College |
간호학생의 치매환자 간호 임상실습 체험 연구 |
황윤영 |
제주한라대학 간호과 |
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Abstract |
Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate the reality of nursing students lived experience of clinical practice nursing of dementia patients, which will provide the basic research material to enhance the effect of their clinical practice. Method: Van Manens hermeneutic-phenomenological method has been used to analyze the data. Participants consisted of 8 second-year nursing students who did the clinical practice at a dementia unit in C hospital. Data was collected from in-depth face to face interviews. Result: $ulcorner$being confused by the unfamiliar environment of nursing practice$lrcorner$, $ulcorner$being disordered about the patients' duality behaviour$lrcorner$, $ulcorner$perceiving necessity to accept patients' behaviors$lrcorner$,$ulcorner$feeling personal connections likely to grandmother$lrcorner$, $ulcorner$realizing the patients affection of their family$lrcorner$,$ulcorner$being frustrated by the patients' hopelessness$lrcorner$,$ulcorner$lessening biased view on dementia$lrcorner$, $ulcorner$feeling the anxiety about the unsecured future$lrcorner$, $ulcorner$realizing the necessity of the gradual and individual care$lrcorner$,$ulcorner$understanding the nursing of dementia as comprehensive nursing$lrcorner$Conclusion: We are able to obtain an in-depth understanding about the nursing students lived experience of clinical practice nursing of dementia patients. Based upon this, there is a need to develop a better nursing intervention in order to enhance the effect of the nursing students clinical practice. |
Key Words:
Nursing student, Dementia patient, Clinical practice, Lived experience |
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