Relationships with children and related factors as assessed by nursing students in pediatric nursing training

Abstract

 The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship with children and related factors as assessed by nursing students in pediatric nursing training. The draft of the questionnaire was examined, and the construct validity was determined by factor analysis. Two factors, [friendliness with children] and [deepening of relationships as nurses] were extracted and Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.828 to 0.878. The result of investigating the relationship between nursing students and children using the questionnaire, [deepening of relationship as nurses] by one-way analysis of variance and multiple comparisons was and after the training was significantly lower than and before the training. There was no significant difference in [friendliness with children] (p<.001). “I like children” was significantly higher after the training than before the training (t=−2.02, p<.05). These showed that the nursing students became familiar with the children and became more likable during training, although there was a difficulty in deepening the relationship with the children as nurses and gaining a sense of accomplishment.