2022 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 1_45-1_50
Objective: To clarify what nursing students learn from online interviews with postpartum women in maternity nursing practicum.
Methods: Content related to learned knowledge was extracted from semi-structured interviews and answers to open-ended questions in a post-practicum questionnaire. This content was then subject to qualitative and inductive analysis.
Results: The study involved nine subjects and 151 codes were extracted. The codes were grouped into eight categories: “physical pain in the perinatal period," “psychological changes in the perinatal period," “affection for the child," “postpartum fatigue and the importance of family support," “trouble balancing childcare for one's firstborn child," “the need for nursing care for women in each stage of the perinatal period," “the need for nursing care with a continuous focus on the mother, child, and family," and “the need for nursing care tailored to the individuality of the mother, child, and family."
Conclusions: In online classes with active participation by postpartum women, nursing students were able to understand the psychological and social aspects of postpartum women and learn about the needs for nursing care focused on continuous nursing and nursing care tailored to individual traits. However, no learning about children was confirmed. The nursing students also learned knowledge that cannot be obtained during clinical practicum, which suggests that improving education methods could enhance practicum.
