TY - JOUR T1 - Practical Health Education Experiences of Nursing Students: Qualitative Research AU - Aydoğdu, Ana Luiza Ferreira AU - Akbulak, Fatma AU - Dişbudak, Büşra PY - 2024 DA - February Y2 - 2024 DO - 10.26650/CURARE.2024.1406391 JF - CURARE Journal of Nursing PB - İstanbul Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2980-1133 SP - 33 EP - 40 IS - 4 LA - en AB - Objective: The study aimed to explore the experiences, expectations, and suggestions of undergraduate nursing students regarding a health education seminar on technology addiction.Method: This is a qualitative descriptive study. A convenience sample of undergraduate nursing students who had organized and actively participated in a health education seminar about Technology Addiction conducted in a public high school in Istanbul was asked to participate in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six nursing students in the fifth semester of a four-year nursing degree program who were accepted to participate in the study. Thematic content analysis was used.Results: Two themes; (1) Reflections on the health education seminar and (2) Reflections on the role of nurses as health educators, and seven sub-themes were identified: seminar preparation process, feelings regarding practice as a nurse educator, raising community awareness, preparation for the future, difficulties in working as a group, importance of the nurse’s role as an educator and deficiencies in health education in nursing practice.Conclusion: The health education seminar on technology addiction not only revealed challenges but also had significant positive impacts on the academic and professional development of nursing students. 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