Determination of Nursing Students' Experiences on Operating Room Practice

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 51 - 61, 30.06.2023

Filiz Salman , Şahinde Canbulat

https://doi.org/10.46971/ausbid.1180763

Abstract

Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the experiences of nursing students who practice in the operating room as a clinical practice area. Subjects and Method: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 144 students studying in the nursing department of a university and performing clinical practice in the operating room for the first time. The data were collected with a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. Descriptive tests and chi-square test were used in the analysis of the data. Results: The mean age of the students participating in the study was 20±1.95 (n=144) and 79.9% (n=115) of them were women. It was determined that 97.9% of the students were curious about the operating room environment before the operating room practice, 77.8% were excited, and 33% were afraid of having a negative experience. Most of the students (79.9%) stated that they understood the concept of asepsis-antisepsis better with the operating room practice. The students who practiced accompanied by the training nurse (%65.3) received support from the staff to adapt to the environment, communicated more easily with the nurses, asked questions, and received information (p<0.05). The 50.7% of the students found the two-day practice period in the operating room to be short. It was determined that 47.2% of them wanted to be an operating room nurse because the operating room was an active, exciting, interesting and independent place. Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that the students had positive and negative experiences during the operating room practice and the practice performed with the mentor nurse increased the positive experiences of the students. It is recommended that the students should be prepared before the operating room practice and that the practice should be carried out with a mentor.

Keywords

Operating room, experience, nurse, clinical practice, student

Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Ameliyathane Uygulamasına Yönelik Deneyimlerinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, klinik uygulama alanı olarak ameliyathanede uygulama yapan hemşirelik öğrencilerinin uygulama deneyimlerini değerlendirmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Örneklem ve Yöntem: Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı tipteki bu araştırma bir üniversitenin hemşirelik bölümünde okuyan ve ilk defa ameliyathanede klinik uygulama yapan 144 öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan soru formu ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı testler ve ki-kare testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 20±1.95 (n=144) olup %79.9’u (n=115) kadındır. Ameliyathane uygulaması öncesinde öğrencilerin %97.9’unun ameliyathane ortamını merak ettiği, %77.8’inin heyecan yaşadığı, %33’ünün ise olumsuz bir deneyim yaşamaktan korktuğu belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin çoğu (%79.9) ameliyathane uygulaması ile asepsi-antisepsi kavramını daha iyi anladığını belirtmiştir. Eğitim hemşiresi eşliğinde uygulama yapan öğrencilerin (%65.3) ortama uyum sağlamak için personellerden destek aldığı, hemşirelerle daha rahat iletişim kurduğu, soru sorabildiği ve bilgi alabildiği belirlenmiştir (p<0.05). Öğrencilerin %50.7’si ameliyathanede yapılan iki günlük uygulama süresini kısa bulmuştur. Öğrencilerin %47.2’sinin ameliyathane hemşiresi olmak istediği, bunun nedeninin ise ameliyathanenin hareketli, heyecan verici, ilgi çekici ve bağımsız bir yer olması nedeniyle olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada ameliyathane uygulaması sırasında öğrencilerin olumlu ve olumsuz deneyimler yaşadığı ve rehber hemşire eşliğinde yapılan uygulamanın öğrencilerin yaşadığı olumlu deneyimleri artırdığı belirlenmiştir. Ameliyathane uygulamasına çıkmadan önce öğrencilerin uygulamaya hazırlanması ve uygulamanın rehber eşliğinde yürütülmesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Ameliyathane, deneyim, hemşire, klinik uygulama, öğrenci

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