Literature Review of “Approaches” of Visiting Nurses in Clinical Practice Teaching

Abstract

A literature review was conducted to identify the approaches used by visiting nurses in clinical practice teaching to obtain an overall picture. Ichushi Web, Medical Online, and CiNii Research were used to search the following search terms: “visiting nurse AND clinical practice” OR “visiting nursing station AND clinical practice.” The selection criteria of the literature were as follows: 1) the focus of the research must be on visiting nurses who provide clinical practice teaching and 2) the literature must describe the approach of visiting nurses in clinical practice teaching. An analysis of the approaches of visiting nurses in clinical practice teaching described in the literature selected based on the selection criteria was conducted. As a result, three categories of approaches were extracted: “Creating an environment for students to learn,” “Initiating students as a person in charge of teaching,” and “Having a mindset as a person in charge of teaching.” Visiting nurses took on the role required for clinical practice teaching and approached students, clients and their families, home-visit nursing agencies, and related departments. The behavior of visiting nurses in attempting to coordinate and create a clinical practice environment inside and outside the establishment in clinical practice teaching is a characteristic part of the visiting nurses’ approach.