Open AccessNURSING STUDENTS' VIEWS ON WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Author(s) -
Monika Obreykova,
Galina Terzieva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of cbu in medicine and pharmacy ...
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2695-074X
pISSN - 2695-0731
DOI - 10.12955/pmp.v2.183
Subject(s) - internship , preparedness , nursing , psychology , coping (psychology) , learning disability , medicine , duration (music) , medical education , psychiatry , art , literature , political science , law
the provision of health care facilities for children with disabilities.
Purpose: To study the motives of nursing students for choosing to work with children with disabilities; to know about their opinion about the sufficiency of the duration of their internship and the undergraduate internship in centers for with children with disabilities; to understand the factors influencing the professional competencies of nursing students to work with children with disabilities.
Materials and methods: A survey was conducted among 219 students majoring in Nursing through a structured questionnaire.
Students expressed their opinion that the duration of the internship in institutions for children with disabilities should be increased [t (2017) = 12.387; p-level < 0.001]. They indicated their willingness to work with children with disabilities [t (217) = 15.432; p-level < 0.001]. Students shared that they experience higher psycho-emotional stress while working with children with disabilities [t (217) = 7.337; p-level < 0.001]. They also believed that the introduction of an elective subject on children with certain types of disabilities would improve their preparedness [t (217) = 8.562; p-level < 0.001].
Conclusion: The study revealed that the nursing students believe that the present model of student training related to the care of children with disabilities require changes in the following ways: introduction of a separate module Nursing care for children with disabilities; introduction of an elective course on nursing care for children with disabilities; application of pedagogical and psychological approaches for developing the skills for coping with stress; increasing the duration of the internship in the fourth year of study for working with children with disabilities.