The Factors that Influence upon Nursing Care on the Practical Training by Experienced Students at the Bridge Course

Abstract

〔Purpose〕The purpose of this study is to clarify the factors that influence upon nursing care on the practical training by experienced students at the bridge course.

〔Method〕The data was collected from participative observation on practical training and interviews of the students. The data was categorized, focusing on the factors influencing to decision making to provide the nursing care for the students. The data was also analyzed whether their practical experiences influenced to their nursing care or not.

〔Results〕The factors that influence upon nursing care were 6 items；“Don’t want teachers, instructors, patients to be perceived low ability”,“Follow the rules of the ward”,“Support to nursing aid”,“Recall the past experience”, “Having poor interest in learning nursing skills”, and “The knowledge learned in the bridge course of nursing school”

〔Discussion〕It is found that experienced students tend to set the priority to the efficiency, and they tend to modify their original care plans that they judged to be necessary for the patients. The reason was that they were aware of tha lack of evidence of their nursing care and wanted to avoid questions from teachers.