[Learning Outcomes from Practical Training in Regional Alliance Rooms]

The purpose of this research is to clarify the learning outcomes from practical training in regional alliance rooms. The research subjects were students enrolled in the Department of Nursing at University A, who completed practical training in the regional alliance room at the hospital in FY 2016 and who gave consent to cooperate in this research. Semi-structured interviewmethods using an interviewguide were used to collect data for eight students. To analyze the data, descriptions on "learning outcomes from practical training in regional alliance rooms"were identified and data was categorized based on the similarities of meanings and contents. The results of this analysis showed the following learning outcomes:"Building a trusting relationship to drawout the feelings of patients and their families in a short period of time","providing support for the desired lifestyles of patients and their families after discharge from the hospital", and "providing multi-disciplined, effectively cooperative support for discharge". In other words, learning outcomes from practical training in regional alliance rooms included the ability to practice nursing in viewof a highly individual lifestyle after discharge from the early stages of hospitalization and to develop a support system for patients and their families after returning home.