Abstract
A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted after subjects, comprising 79 third-year students of the Department of Nursing of University A, and completed second-year clinical training involving nursing process practicum using chronic cases in order to investigate the effects of the clinical training. Responses were received from 74 students (response rate: 93.7%). A total of 83.8% of students perceived that the nursing process practicum was useful as practical training. Answers provided by students were summarized to reflect semantic content regarding the usefulness of nursing process practicum for practical training and then abstracted. Categories were created based on similarities and differences in semantic content. The most common category in students' responses was nursing process development methods. Other categories included characteristics of chronic disease and cancer patients and concept of nursing support. and the effects and necessity of group learning. When evaluating nursing process practicum upon training completion, over 80% of students answered that nursing process practicum would be useful for future practical training and after graduation, and just under 80% responded that they were satisfied with the practicum. Therefore, the results suggested that the learning effects of nursing process practicum are also apparent in actual clinical practice. Categories such as adding individuality to patient case data with medical history and complications and making adjustments to practicum methods indicated areas for improvement in nursing process practicum. In the future, in addition to subjective evaluations by students, objective evaluation needs to be conducted to investigate more effective teaching methods for nursing process practicum in the field of chronic nursing.
