2023 Volume 33 Issue 3-1 Pages 29-41
〔Aims〕To examine practicum methods, goal achievement, and other issues related to non-clinical perioperative nursing practicums at nursing universities nationwide in 2020 under the influence of Coronavirus disease 2019 （COVID-19）.
〔Methods〕A questionnaire-based survey was conducted on teaching staff responsible for the perioperative nursing practicum course at 273 nursing universities.
〔Results〕The valid response rate for the questionnaires was 24%. Regarding practicum methods, 55 respondents （85.9%） described nursing practices performed in the nursing process, 50 （78.1%） discussed simulation training using fictional patient cases, and 48 （75%） reported using audiovisual teaching methods. The achievement of goals related to understanding pathophysiology, physical function, and nursing processes was higher in non-clinical practicums than in clinical practicums. Respondents who reported that their level of achievement of practicum goals was “higher than the clinical practicum” placed importance on the rapid progress of the perioperative phase and designed the content of the non-clinical practicum similar to that of the clinical practicum.
〔Conclusions〕To achieve the goals of a non-clinical practicum, students must think and act on their own and learn from patient responses. In non-clinical practicums, allowing students to experience rapidly changing situations in acute care and actively practice with an image similar to clinical settings is an effective approach.
