Nursing Department, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 69978, Israel.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2018 Jul;31:88-94. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2018.05.009. Epub 2018 May 19.
Caring is seen as an essential part of nursing and as a desirable competency expected of nursing students. Yet, students have difficulties in understanding the meaning and practice of caring relationships. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between perceived social support and peer caring behaviors to nurse students' caring perceptions. A cross-sectional study was conducted among first and fourth-year nursing students (n = 246) attending a Baccalaureate nursing education program at a major university in Israel. The findings revealed first-year students significantly received more social support from family and friends than fourth-year students. Moreover, first-year students reported an increase in the use of social support through social media platforms during their first semester of studies. Social support from family, peers and social media platforms was associated to caring perception. Fourth-year students scored higher than first-year students in their caring perceptions and peer caring behaviors. Educators should consider the growing potential role of social media technologies as an accessible source of social support and as a learning tool. Moreover, nurse educators should encourage the use and practice of peer caring behaviors among students as professional means of facilitating future caring relationships with patients and their families.
关怀被视为护理的重要组成部分，也是护理学生所期望的理想能力。然而，学生们在理解关怀关系的含义和实践方面存在困难。本研究旨在探讨感知到的社会支持与同伴关怀行为之间的关系，以了解护生对关怀的认知。本研究采用横断面研究方法，选取以色列一所主要大学的护理学士教育项目中的一年级和四年级护理学生（n=246）为研究对象。研究结果显示，一年级学生从家人和朋友那里获得的社会支持明显多于四年级学生。此外，一年级学生在第一学期的学习中，通过社交媒体平台增加了对社会支持的使用。来自家人、同伴和社交媒体平台的社会支持与关怀认知有关。与一年级学生相比，四年级学生在关怀认知和同伴关怀行为方面的得分更高。教育者应考虑将社交媒体技术作为一种可及的社会支持来源和学习工具的作用不断增长的潜力。此外，护理教育者应鼓励学生之间使用和实践同伴关怀行为，将其作为促进未来与患者及其家属建立关怀关系的一种专业手段。
