Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing 2006;8(1):73-82.

간호학생들의 독거노인 간호경험

심문숙

Abstract

Purpose
This is a phenomenological study to describe the experiences of nursing students on elderly living alone in community. Method: Data were collected from september to October 2005. Individual interviews were conducted on subjective experiences of 19 nursing students. Date were analyzed through Colaizzi's method in which meaningful statements were extracted and these were clustered into 7 themes.
Result
The nursing students started practice with anxiety and expectation at the same time. They also experienced complicated feeling for the clients. However, the nursing practice was a chance for them to recognize on the clients. They felt both caring experience of the nursing practice and restricted self-capability at the same time. They also experienced individual emotion through the interaction with clients caring experience of elderly living alone provided them an opportunity of self-reflection. This includes increased awareness of issues for elderly living alone, building of self-identity as a nursing student, self-growth.
Conclusion
This Study may provide data for better recognizing of nursing students experiences of caring on elderly living alone. Above all, they came to have a wide perspectives of the elderly caring through the community practice.

Key words: 간호학생, 독거노인, 경험