Student Experience and Satisfaction with Clinical Nursing Practice in Women's Health Nursing |
Yunmi Kim, Nami Chun, Eun Hee Lee, In Sook Cho, Sukhee Ahn, Jeung Im Kim, Myung Haeng Hur, Sook Hee Lee, Hae Kyung Lee, Chae Weon Chung, Nam Mi Kang, Hae Won Kim |
1Department of Nursing, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Korea. 2College of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Korea. nmchun@sungshin.ac.kr 3Gangneung-Wonju University, Korea. 4Department of Nursing, Inha University, Korea. 5College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Korea. 6Department of Nursing, Soonchuhyang University, Korea. 7School of Nursing, Eulji University, Korea. 8Department of Nursing, Seoyeong University, Korea. 9Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Korea. 10College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Korea. 11Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Korea. 12Department of Nursing, Kwandong University, Korea. |
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Abstract |
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify students' experiences of performance and their satisfaction with clinical nursing practice in Women's health nursing. METHODS Data was collected using questionnaire consisting of 104; 89,; and 82 nursing activities with 12; 10; and 7 domains for delivery floor, obstetric, and gynecologic wards retrospectively. Five hundred ninety nursing students from 10 four year and one three year colleges, were recruited and selected for data collection. RESULTS Site specific core nursing activities among top 15 items of performed experience were: interpreting fetal monitoring; massage for pain reduction; breathing technique; perineal pad change; non stress test; manual check for uterine contraction; and position change for the delivery floor. Experiences of clinical nursing practice for the obstetric ward and the gynecologic ward were identified and ranked as well. Observation of delivery, measurement & test during labor and observation of anesthesia and operation were the highest ranked activity domains of satisfaction for delivery floor, obstetric and gynecologic wards retrospectively. CONCLUSION Discussions are needed to standardize curriculum for clinical practice in women's health nursing initiated at the level of Korean Society of Womens' Health Nursing by reflecting this result. Strategic approaches are emphasized in order to enhance a collaboration between clinical fields and colleges. |
Key Words:
Nursing; Education; Women's health |
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