The Content Analysis of Pediatric Nursing Practical Learning in the Children's Rehabilitation Center by Nursing Students

Jung, Hyang-Mi

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 1998;4(2):296-316.
Published online December 31, 1998.

Jung Hyang-Mi;

Department of Nursing, Dongeui University

간호학생의 장애아 보육실습 내용 분석

정향미

동의대학교 자연과학대학 간호학과

Abstract

The practical learning experience is the heart of nursing's professional program of study, have been the most widely disscussed and yet the least studied of all nursing education activities. The major goal of practical learning experience is to provide opportunities in realistic work settings that permit the nursing student to develop the knowledge, skill It attitudes of a beginning practitioner. The purpose of this study is to identify the experience of practical learning in the children's rehabilitation center by nursing students, to provide basic information for developing practical learning in pediatric nursing education. The study design was a descriptive study. Data were collected 74 cases of journaling which came from senior nursing students who cared for the handicapped children in P rehabilitation center from 24, August, 1997 to 29, Decmber, 29, 1998. The collected data were analyzed using the content analysis by Kim & Lee(1986), Kim(1987). The results are as follows : The content of practical learning in the children's rehabilitation center were classified with 5 domains. The domains were , , , , and .

Key Words: Nursing student, Handicapped children, Practical learning