2012 Volume 21 Issue 3 Pages 1-11
〔OBJECTIVE〕To conceptualize the students’ behaviors in nursing skills laboratories on campus and to discuss the important behaviors for goal achievement.
〔METHODS〕Methodology for Conceptualization of Nursing was applied. Data on interactions between faculty and students or other students in the laboratories were collected through participant observation without intervention. Behaviors of students were compared and coded according to what they did to achieve learning goals in nursing skills laboratories. The codes were categorized by their similarities and differences.
〔FINDINGS & DISCUSSION〕Twelve concepts which describe learning behaviors of students were developed：Performing nursing skills according to standard procedures by applying learning outcomes； Applying nursing skills to other students or vice versa while playing a nursing role or client role； Practicing nursing skills repeatedly to overcome fears of accidents that may occur in clinical settings； Performing nursing skills adequately with approval of the faculty and other students；Requesting other students to assess one’s performance and, if possible, responding to such requests put forward by other students；Promoting or disturbing each other’s practices through interacting with other students； Assisting the faculty in learning by responding to the requests or disturbing the faculty teaching by derail from learning；Causing injuries to each other due to a lack of skill, and so on. These concepts suggested the important behaviors for goal achievement in nursing skills laboratories on campus.
