2010 Volume 20 Issue 1 Pages 37-47
【Objective】The structure of student’s learning process in the basic nursing curriculum was investigated by synthesizing some previous studies focusing on the initial nursing practicum.
【Method】Metasynthesis, including the synthesizing process as a series of phases developed by Noblit & Hare, was used. Our interest in the metasynthesis is what kind of and how student nurses have learning experiences on initial nursing practicum. Qualitative research studies were selected on the basis of their possessing consistency, with clearly stated objectives, methods, results and discussions. Eight papers, published between 1990 and 2004, met the criteria and are included in this study.
【Results】The structure of student’s learning was as follows. In the initial nursing practicum, students passed through a thought process, namely, ‘understand,’ ‘experience confusion,’ ‘doubt,’ ‘criticize,’ and ‘consciousness,’ when exposed to ‘real-life encounters’ focusing on ‘image of nurses,’ ‘nursing skills,’ ‘image of patients,’ ‘image of selves,’ ‘image of clinical tutors and nursing teachers’ and ‘the workplace’. These images were represented as ‘real image’ respectively.
