Powell Tracy L, Cooke Jordan, Brakke Alannah
Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Community and Education, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6K6, T: 403-390-8141; F: 403-440-6203; Email:
Inpatient Internal Medicine, Outpatient Addiction Treatment, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB.
Can Oncol Nurs J. 2019 Feb 1;29(1):34-39. doi: 10.5737/2368807629133439. eCollection 2019 Winter.
This study examined the influence of an observation experience at an outpatient oncology setting on first-year nursing students. This experiential learning opportunity occurred prior to any formal clinical practice course. A hermeneutic phenomenology approach was used to uncover pre-licensure nursing students' perspectives about cancer, as well as their understanding of the roles and responsibilities of registered nurses in cancer care both before and following their experience. A total of 10 nursing students agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews following which data were analyzed and interpreted to understand the meaning in the experience. Two overarching themes were identified including circles of relationships, and the many sides of outpatient oncology. This study reveals that experiential learning in the form of a low-risk, observation-only experience may be an opportunity for pre-licensure students to gain new perspectives about cancer care and nurses roles in caring for individuals and families who are impacted by cancer.
本研究考察了门诊肿瘤学环境下的观察体验对一年级护理专业学生的影响。这种体验式学习机会发生在任何正式临床实践课程之前。采用诠释现象学方法来揭示准执照护理专业学生对癌症的看法，以及他们在体验前后对注册护士在癌症护理中的角色和职责的理解。共有10名护理专业学生同意参与该研究。通过半结构化访谈收集数据，随后对数据进行分析和解读，以理解体验中的意义。确定了两个总体主题，包括关系圈和门诊肿瘤学的多个方面。本研究表明，以低风险、仅观察的体验形式进行的体验式学习，可能为准执照学生提供一个机会，使其获得关于癌症护理以及护士在照顾受癌症影响的个人和家庭中的角色的新观点。
