Practicum Instruction by Home-Visit Nurses to Prepare Nursing Students for Employment at Home-Visit Nursing Stations

Abstract

Purpose: We aimed to examine the content of practicum instruction by home-visit nurses (HVNs) that supported nursing students for employment at home-visit nursing stations.

Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with six people, which included newly graduated HVNs and students who opted for employment at home-visit nursing stations. We assessed the practicum instruction by HVNs as perceived by students.

Results: The 10 categories of practicum instructions from HVNs perceived by students were classified into 2 types. One type consisted of five categories of the practicum instructions that included “Building a relationship with the student and providing an overview to prepare for their first home-visit nursing,” “Providing information to students on how to approach patients/caregivers whom they meet for the first time,” and “Practicing home care nursing with students.” The other type comprised the remaining five categories that included “Telling students about the role of HVN, including how a working day flows and how rewarding it is” and “Giving students your honest opinion about employing newly graduated HVNs.”

Conclusion: Students opting for employment at the home-visit nursing stations experienced instructions that encouraged them to understand home-visit nursing practice, along with guiding them to perceive it as a workplace.