Learning Effects of Simulated Pregnancy Experience on Nursing Students

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  • 看護学生における妊婦体験学習効果
  • カンゴ ガクセイ ニ オケル ニンプ タイケン ガクシュウ コウカ

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The study was designed to show the educational benefits of a simulated pregnancy experience. Forty-seven participating students agreed to wear maternity simulation jackets, yielding the following results. Subjects described physical changes in pregnant women before and after participating in the experiment. Comparing these descriptions, significant differences were observed in the ratios of physical changes! "bending backward posture", "lumbago" and "stiff shoulders" (p<0. 01); daily tasks! "difficulty in carrying out daily tasks," "difficulty bending forward," and "difficulty sitting down and standing up" (p<0.0l), and "risk of falling down" (p<0.05); and mentality! "stress from daily life" comments (p<0. 01) among the participants. In contrast to the aforementioned examples, what decreased or disappeared among poststudy comments from participants were "edemas" and "uneasiness about deliveries and raising children, " which cannot be understood without actually experiencing pregnancy. Apparently, the participants did not feel comfortable giving guidance to prospective patients concerning what they could not actually experience firsthand. Based on these statistics, this simulated pregnancy experience was effective to a certain extent in helping participants understand the physical changes, changes in carrying out daily tasks, and changes in mentality of pregnant women.

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