Abstract
Using qualitative inductive research, I aimed to clarify the factors influencing the actions which were reported in the former research (Shiba, 2005). It was also reported that nursing students had taken the actions at every stage of the process for "Harmony with the Hospitalized Infant" in a nursing practicum. Continuous comparison analysis of 43 examples involving infants was performed using partially structured interview data from 32 students immediately following their completion of child nursing practicum at 3 nursing schools. From the research, the following findings are reported: Each of 'Referring to Action Models' and 'Searching for Hospitalized Infants' Interests', which is included in "Searching Behaviors for Clues to Relations," has I background factor and 4 factors which developed or prevented students' actions. Both of 'Approach Behaviors Aiming for Harmony with the Hospitalized Infant by Playing' and 'Approach Behaviors Aiming for Harmony with the Hospitalized Infant by Comforting Babies', which construct "Approach Behaviors Aiming for Harmony with the Hospitalized Infant," has 2 background factors. Besides the former has 5 and the latter has 2 factors which developed or prevented students' actions. "Caring Actions as Practice Tasks" has 4 background factors and 4 factors which developed or prevented students' actions.
