英文摘要 |
According to the survey results of National Union of Nurses Associations 2012, 90.58% of the hospitals in Taiwan showed difficulty in recruiting new nurses. This further resulted in the crisis of regular hospital operation. New graduates from nursing schools are the largest workforce source. The importance of close collaboration between school education and workforce management in hospitals has been addressed. This study aims to explore senior nursing students' experiences in job preparation after graduation during the last semester of clinical practicum, and it is intended for use as a reference for nurse recruitment in the future. The study subjects were senior nursing students whom were employed by the same medical college hospital where they completed their clinical practicum. Data were collected in this qualitative study through in-depth interviews with the participants and content analysis. The research results revealed that (1) the course design, including job preparation after graduation from school, helped the students adapt to a new work environment; (2) a comprehensive education and training plan provided a complete teaching and evaluation process; and (3) retention of new nurses depended on a friendly work environment that was cultivated through efforts of all personnel. This study concluded that if the preceptors and students use a job-driven teaching/learning model and identify individual learning needs, their adaptation to the workplace would be enhanced through familiarity of the work environment at an early time; this would further reduce the impact of reality after graduation from school. It also recommended that the partial salary for senior students during clinical practicum may motivate them in the selection of units for practicum and increase the possibility of job retention. |