The Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Intention to Work at Home-Visit Nursing Stations and Their Home-Visit Nursing Practicum Experience

Abstract

〔Aims〕To elucidate the relationship between nursing students’ intention to work at home-visit nursing stations and their experience in home-visit nursing practicum.

〔Methods〕We conducted an anonymous self-administered online questionnaire survey of 387 fourth-year students at four nursing universities. After performing a simple tabulation, we examined the relationship among the students’ intention to work at home-visit nursing stations, their basic attributes, and their experiences in home-visit nursing practicum.

〔Results〕Valid responses were obtained from 102 students （26.4%）. We found that 29.4% of students wanted to work at a home-visit nursing station in the future, but none wanted to work in one immediately after graduation. Home-visit nursing piqued the interest of 57.8% of students, and the practicum in home-visit nursing was most commonly scheduled in the fourth-year （62.7%）. We found that the intention to work at home-visit nursing stations was related to the students’ interest in home-visit nursing, the semester the practicum is offered, the level of satisfaction with the practicum, and the interactions initiated by home-visit nurses to learn about the students.

〔Conclusions〕It was suggested that the experience in home-visit nursing practicum is important for nursing students’ intention to work at home-visit nursing stations. In order for nursing students to consider working at home-visit nursing stations, we believe that it is important that they receive information about internships and home-visit nursing as an entry-level job, as well as experience home-visit nursing practicum before beginning their job search and application procedures.