An Initial clinical Experience of Nursing Students

간호학생의 첫 임상실습 경험에 대한 연구

This study was conducted to identify an initial clinical experience of nursing students, so to better understanding to students' experience in clinical setting. The study subjects were 39 nursing students working in C department of nursing in C city. This study was approached by phenomenological method, collected data were analyzed by Colaizzi's method. The results were followed. From the protocol, 236 significant statements were organized into 56 formulated meanings. From formulated meanig, 27 themes were identified, organized into 13 theme clusters, and then into 6 categories. Theose nursing students experienced $\mathbb{\ulcorner}$tension$\mathbb{\lrcorner}$ in adjusting themselves to new clinical settings, $\mathbb{\ulcorner}$fear and anxiety$\mathbb{\lrcorner}$ in using unskillful nursing skills. They also went through $\mathbb{\ulcorner}$stress> by difficulties in applying their knowledge and skill to nursing practice, in lack of nursing knowledge and skill, in dealing with making interpersonal relationship with clinical staffs, in insufficiency of clinical instructions and in role ambiguity among nursing students. Physical $\mathbb{\ulcorner}$fatigue$\mathbb{\lrcorner}$ and $\mathbb{\ulcorner}$disappointment and doubt$\mathbb{\lrcorner}$ by the difference between reality and expectation caused by clinical experience. However, clinical experience enabled nursing students to enhance their understanding of human beings, learning, their satisfaction. to nursing practice, to identify the confirmation of nursing identity, so to gain $\mathbb{\ulcorner}$sense of accomplishment$\mathbb{\lrcorner}$. The results of this study are to use as basic data for students attending clinical experience for the first time.