2014 Volume 23 Issue 3 Pages 15-29
〔Purpose〕To clarify the goals and educational support methods that are the components of the Educational Support Program for enhancing the gerontological nursing care competencies of newly recruited graduate nurses working at the long-term care facilities for the elderly with a view to finding ways to provide educational support.
〔Method〕A series of semi-structured interviews were carried out for 6 newly recruited nurses who had been assigned to work at the long-term care facilities for the elderly immediately after their graduation and their 3 educators.
The educational support methods were prepared by extracting relevant contents related to educational support from the gerontological nursing care competencies that the nurses are in the status of learning（their contents, learning process, and educational support they received after employment）. Consideration was given together with the educators to the validity of the goals and educational support methods that are the components of the Educational Support Program.
〔Results〕The Educational Support Methods for enhancing the nurses’ competencies of gerontological nursing care were modified to 10 “Goals.” Two to six “Educational Support Methods” were outlined for each goal.
〔Conclusion〕The “Educational Support Methods” outline special support methods and it is deemed they can be used for the educational support for newly recruited graduate nurses who are assigned to work at the long-term care facilities for the elderly.
It was pointed out as important ways of providing the educational support “to practice together and give advice to enhance the nursing skills,” “to set up the periods and methods of education according to the level of gerontological nursing care competencies,” “to develop the nursing philosophy of giving support to live and to review it after attending to end of life care or medical procedures for emergency cases,” and “to encourage self-improvement in order to accomplish the role and duties of their profession.”
