A Survey on Undergraduate Nursing Students Safety during Fundamentals of Nursing Practicum

Abstract

Purpose: This study was done to investigate the experience of physical and emotional safety in nursing students during fundamentals of nursing practicum.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from March to September 2019. A total of 553 nursing students, who had completed fundamental nursing laboratories, participated in this study. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires which included questions about general characteristics, physical and emotional safety during fundamental nursing laboratories along with an informed consent given prior to the practicum.Results: Of the students, 26 experienced physical safety accidents, and 18 reported emotional safety accidents. Students' mean stress score for physical safety was 1.95, and the mean score for emotional safety was 1.92. Of the students, more than 59.1% agreed to volunteer as practice models in certain nursing procedures’ training. Of the students, 55.8% were satisfied with using their bodies to train fundamental nursing skills. 61.8% of students reported that informed consent was obtained during the nursing laboratory, and 88.6% of students thought that informed consent needs to be obtained.Conclusion: To prevent safety accidents during the fundamentals of nursing practicum and systematically manage accidents, standardized safety guidelines for nursing practicum should be developed. Establishing various training strategies using advanced models or simulators to increase education efficiency and satisfaction is necessary.

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Experiences of Nursing Instructors Related to Safety Issues Using Students as Practice Models in Laboratories: A Focus Group Study

“…The use of student-on-student practice continues to be commonplace in nursing programs in the Republic of Korea. Students experience nursing procedures on their body directly: vital signs, incentive spirometry, and a range of motion exercise, position change, hot bag, ice bag, oral medication, blood sugar test, subcutaneous injection, intravenous injection, and intramuscular injection [ 7 , 8 ]. Although there is a potential risk of injury during skills laboratories, empirical evidence regarding the use of students for peers’ practice of procedures during nursing skills laboratories is limited [ 9 ].…”