Health Commun.  2018 Dec;13(2):195-204. 10.15715/kjhcom.2018.13.2.195.

A Phenomenological Study on the Experiences of Nursing Students' Communication in Clinical Nursing Practicum

• Kim DH
• Song HB
• Son HK

• KMID: 2452918
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15715/kjhcom.2018.13.2.195

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Unlike traditional quantitative study, this qualitative study is designed to understand and explore the experiences of nursing students's communication in clinical nursing practicum.
METHODS
Participants were 15 nursing students from a university in Seoul who were selected by purposive sampling. They had been participated in clinical nursing practicum more than one semester. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and observation from May 29, 2017 to June 8, 2017. Collected data were analyzed by Colaizzi's phenomenological methodology.
RESULTS
As a result, 5 theme clusters were derived as follows: 1) the modeling of communication, 2) treatment as a student nurse, 3) respect as a nurse, 4) trauma after communication, and 5) sympathy in communication. This study identified the desire for nursing professionalism, psychological difficulties as negative emotionality, as well as positive emotionality of nursing students in clinical practicum.
CONCLUSION
We should consider a nursing curriculum to prepare and improve the communication of nursing students before participating in clinical practicum. The concrete and systematic communication education would be useful for nursing students to participate clinical practicum effectively.

Keyword

Nursing; Clinical practicum; Communication; Phenomenology

MeSH Terms

Curriculum
Education
Humans
Nursing*
Preceptorship
Professionalism
Seoul
Students, Nursing