Korean J Women Health Nurs.  2011 Sep;17(3):225-242. 10.4069/kjwhn.2011.17.3.225.

Student Experience and Satisfaction with Clinical Nursing Practice in Women's Health Nursing

• Kim Y
• Chun N
• Lee EH
• Cho IS
• Ahn S
• Kim JI
• Hur MH
• Lee SH
• Lee HK
• Chung CW
• Kang NM
• Kim HW

• KMID: 2308226
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2011.17.3.225

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify students' experiences of performance and their satisfaction with clinical nursing practice in Women's health nursing.
METHODS
Data was collected using questionnaire consisting of 104; 89,; and 82 nursing activities with 12; 10; and 7 domains for delivery floor, obstetric, and gynecologic wards retrospectively. Five hundred ninety nursing students from 10 four year and one three year colleges, were recruited and selected for data collection.
RESULTS
Site specific core nursing activities among top 15 items of performed experience were: interpreting fetal monitoring; massage for pain reduction; breathing technique; perineal pad change; non stress test; manual check for uterine contraction; and position change for the delivery floor. Experiences of clinical nursing practice for the obstetric ward and the gynecologic ward were identified and ranked as well. Observation of delivery, measurement & test during labor and observation of anesthesia and operation were the highest ranked activity domains of satisfaction for delivery floor, obstetric and gynecologic wards retrospectively.
CONCLUSION
Discussions are needed to standardize curriculum for clinical practice in women's health nursing initiated at the level of Korean Society of Womens' Health Nursing by reflecting this result. Strategic approaches are emphasized in order to enhance a collaboration between clinical fields and colleges.

Keyword

Nursing; Education; Women's health

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Cooperative Behavior
Curriculum
Floors and Floorcoverings
Humans
Massage
Surveys and Questionnaires
Respiration
Retrospective Studies
Students, Nursing
Women's Health

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