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Midwifery Students' Views on Care Plans Used in Clinical Training: A Qualitative Study
Nazli Unlu Bidik1, Zekiye Turan2
1Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye.
Background:
The preparation of a care plan is one of the duties of the nurse or midwife caring for the patient. In clinical practice, patient care is planned and implemented using NANDA-I diagnoses in the care plan. The ability to write a care plan is taught theoretically and practically during undergraduate education.
Aim:
This study aimed to explore midwifery students' views on care plans.
Methods:
In this qualitative study, the content analysis method was used to extract meaningful themes from the data and to reveal the relationships between these themes. The study used criterion sampling, a purposive sampling technique. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with a total of 12 midwifery students in clinical practice who completed the care plan form. Study data were collected using a semi-structured interview form. The data obtained were analysed using MAXQDA.
Results:
Four main themes emerged from the analysis of the student interviews: NANDA-I Diagnoses, Evaluation of the Forms, Problems Encountered in Filling the Forms and Suggestions/Expectations.
Conclusions:
This study reveals the existence of various problems related to midwifery students' care plans. In order to solve the problems experienced in care plans, which are a part of clinical education, there is a need to integrate technology into health care services and to examine the opinions of students and educators in detail.
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