2023 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 32-40
Objective: To elucidate the process by which nursing students’ embeddedness of the Strengths Model in the context of mental health nursing practicums.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 students who took part in practical training that involved using the Strengths Mapping Sheet. Analysis was performed based on the Grounded Theory Approach.
Results: Students focused on strengths and deploying those strengths in their nursing practicums. Through various processes, they arrived either at the resolution of risks and problems or supporting patients’ dreams and desires. In the process that led students toward supporting patients’ dreams and desires, the “feasibility of patients’ dreams” emerged as the core concept. Additionally, students’ own experience of recognizing their strengths influenced the process that led to understanding the “feasibility of patients’ dreams.”
Discussion: Use of the Strengths Mapping Sheet together with educators’ pedagogical engagement based on the Strengths Model suggested the potential to cultivate healthcare professionals who promote patient understanding and recovery through a “people come first” approach.
