2015 Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 27-38
〔Purpose〕The present study was conducted to examine clinical nurses’ experience of teaching nursing students in clinical training, and discussed the meanings of their experiences.
〔Methods〕Semi-structured interviews were conducted involving eight clinical nurses with experience of teaching in clinical training, and the data acquired from the responses were analyzed qualitatively and inductive.
〔Results〕The following five core categories were extracted as experiences of teaching trainees：“the need for sincere interactions to student”, “need for a learning environment that does not cause anxiety”, “recognition of positive results of teaching”, “as difficult as the puzzlement to a laboratory work”, “reflection as a leader”.
〔Discussion〕The meanings of the above-mentioned experiences and their relationships were discussed, and the following results were obtained: clinical nurses who provided students with guidance in clinical training were required to address and solve many different problems arising from interactions with a variety of people, which encouraged them to develop a view of teaching, leadership, and management skills, as well as improve their abilities to implement nursing care and train newly recruited nurses.
