2016 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 53-60
The purpose of this study was to clarify the kinds of student learning aimed for the pediatric nursing practice of basic education as seen by Certified Nurse Specialists in Child Health Nursing(CNSs).
The research participants were seven CNSs with experience as instructors of pediatric nursing practice at a nursing college. A semi-structured interview method was conducted for about one hour usually with three CNSs at a time in group interviews or individual interviews. The data obtained was compared and reviewed, and the important elements extracted.
CNSs ware thinking to be important that the students come to feel “this is what children are like”. CNSs expected the students come to experience the actual reaction of a child and understand the perspective of the child, coming to realize what a natural reaction for a child is. Further CNSs considered to want that the students come to learn to connect the special circumstances of a child having fallen ill with how they would develop under ordinary mental, physical, and social conditions, in order to understand the children and their families and the students come to realize it is wrong to see children simply as patients. CNSs expected the students come to gain the ability to see what children need to move forward in order to overcome the imposition on their lifestyle so as to not obstruct their personal development.
