吉本, 照子

Yoshimoto, Teruko

visiting nurses

In this study, we reported the details of individual support and assessment provided in a re-education program(comprised of 14 subjects, 360 program hours) for nurses aiming to work in home care. The 10 participants were all female, with 7 people in their thirties or below and 3 people in their forties or above. They all had nursing experience of 5 years or longer prior to entering the program, and 6 of them started working as home care providers within 4 months after completing the program. The individual learning support consisted of: [communicating with the participants to clarify their learning goals and how to achieve them], [encouraging the participants to assess themselves more accurately and realize their strong points], [considering and adjusting to the learning needs and personal lives of the participants to promote the effectiveness of the program], and [providing practical information on how to select a place of employment]. The participants responded that they learned to achieve the following: [understand the basics of home care through re-studying the basics of nursing], [learn how to obtain the knowledge required for home care], [gain self-confidence to acquire the knowledge, skills, and practices required for home care], [improve motivation to start a new job through clarifying the home care service to be provided], and [clarify future tasks based on the assessment of achieved goals]. The participants were also aware of the support officers'“ assistance for learning how to achieve goals through clarifying strong and weak points". The results suggest that individual learning support was effective for promoting self-determined learning for the participants to set their learning goals based on more accurate self-assessment, review their studies, and obtain results and self-confidence.