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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.3.499

Male Nursing Students' Experiences as medics during the military service -Focus Group Interview -  

Sim, In-Ok (Chung-Ang University Red Cross College of Nursing)
Park, Jung-min (Chung-Ang University Red Cross College of Nursing)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.3, 2018 , pp. 499-508 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research aimed to determine what male nursing students experienced in the course of serving in a medical care unit in the military and how this experience affected the nursing curriculum after they returned to school. This study was intended to provide basic information on nursing education for male nursing students. This qualitative research conducted a focus group interview to gather comprehensive data that are common among the subjects, in which 15 male nursing college students who experienced serving in a medical unit were divided into three focus groups. The results of this study identified five themes: 'recognition of the various role of a medic', 'caring ability and management of rare diseases', 'adaptation to different works in each military ranks', 'recognition of health care networks', and 'prerequisite learning of school subjects'. It was concluded that experience as a medic during military service helped to develop various capabilities, and these competencies were shown to guide students to demonstrate their abilities in a school environment or help accomplish their given tasks with confidence and establish interpersonal relationships as nurses in the future. The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for demonstrating that male nursing student's experience as a medic during military service aids to reinforce not only personal and academic capabilities but also the skills needed as a nurse.
Keywords
Male; Nursing student; Medic experience; Military service; Focus group;
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