TITLE:
Practical Experience in Home Care of Nursing Interns: A Qualitative Research
AUTHORS:
Lin Wang, Meijuan Luo, Ruiying Huang, Yanying Zhu, Zhili Chen, Weiju Chen
KEYWORDS:
Nursing Interns, Home Care, Practical Experience, Qualitative Research
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.10 No.5,
May
25,
2020
ABSTRACT: Purpose: To explore practical experience in home care of nursing interns. Methods: The phenomenological method for qualitative research was to interview 15 nursing interns in a semi-structured way, and then the collected data were analyzed and summarized by using the Colaizzi analysis method. Results: Interviewing results showed that there were five recurring themes, including: 1) personalized care; 2) health education; 3) humanistic care; 4) solid professional foundation and sense of responsibility; 5) expanded vision. Conclusion: Through home care practice, nursing interns deepened their cognitions of nursing connotation, stimulated their love for nursing and motivation of continuous learning, and improved their sense of identity to nursing career. In general, the practice of home care had a positive impact on nursing interns.