Pediatric Nursing Students Narrative Written Therapeutic Stories For Hospitalization Children

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to enable students to develop a therapeutic history by applying the story completion method, taking into account the disease and age of the patients they care for, in the pediatric clinic with pediatric nursing students. Methods: The research is to write a therapeutic story using the descriptive story approach, one of the qualitative research techniques. The research was conducted with 58 pediatric nursing students in the 2018-2019 academic year who agreed to participate in the research. The analysis of the stories was evaluated by two experts with thematic analysis and content analysis. Themes and sub-dimensions of the stories were created. Ethics committee approval of the study was obtained from University Ethics Committee. Results: In the research data analysis, themes and sub-dimensions of the themes were formed. Themes can be grouped under 7 headings: A) Beginning of the Story, B) Character Variation, C) Story Locations, D) Diseases, E) Symptoms of the Disease, F) Treatment of the Disease, G) Emotions Processed in the Story. The rate of therapeutic histories being compatible with the child's disease was 48.2%, the rate of being compatible with age was 78.3%, and the rate of including nursing care was 18.9%. Conclusion: 58 unique stories were created with the story completion technique, one of the therapeutic methods in the field of pediatric nursing. It offers a new contribution to the field in terms of its content, including disease, symptoms, care and treatment. It is recommended to increase studies in this area.