看護職として実務経験のある社会人学生が振り返る大学院での学びと臨床での活用状況

Reflections of Adult Students with Practical Experience as Nurses The State of Learning at Graduate School and Its Application in Clinical Practice

要旨

　目的：看護職の実務経験を持つ社会人学生が修士論文コースでどのような学びを得ているのか，また仕事にどのように活かしているのかを明らかにすることである．

　方法：A看護系大学院を修了した看護職8名を対象に，フォーカスグループインタビューを実施し質的帰納的に分析した．

　結果：社会人学生の【在学中の学びや気づき】5カテゴリ，【看護職として仕事に戻ってからの学びの活用と新たな気づき】6カテゴリが得られた．社会人学生は在学中に《物事を考え抜く力の基礎》などを修得し，仕事に戻ってからはスタッフへ疑問点をデータベースで検索するように働きかけるという《物事を考え抜く習慣の定着》した実践を行っていた．一方，時間的制約のある仕事の現状から《臨床に大学院の学びを活用するうえでの課題》もあった．

　結論：社会人学生が大学院の学びを基盤として，スタッフに科学的根拠を用いた看護実践を推奨することは看護の質を高めると示唆された．

　Aims: The purpose of the present study is to elucidate the type of learning obtained through the master's program by adult students with practical nursing experience and how adult students apply their learning at work.

　Methods: We conducted a focus group interview of 8 nurses who completed nursing graduate school A, and conducted a qualitative analysis of the data obtained by inductive approach.

　Results: We obtained 5 categories of “adult students' learning and awareness at school” and 6 categories of “adult students' application of learning and new awareness after returning to work as a nurse.” The adult students acquired learning at school such as the “basics of the ability to think matters through” and after returning to work, they encouragedstaff members to search questions using the database, or in other words, they put into practice “establishing the habit of thinking matters through.” On the other hand, owing to the actual time restrictions of their duties, they also experienced “challenges in applying the graduate school learning to clinical practice.”

　Conclusion: Based on the learning of adult students at graduate school, it was suggested that recommending staff to practice nursing that uses scientific grounds improves the quality of nursing.