Improvements in Class Content and Involvements in Students that Connected the Growth of Nursing School Educators to Mid-level

<p>〔Aims〕The purpose of this research is to clarify improvements in class content and involvement with students that lead to the growth to mid-level nursing teachers of a nursing school. </p><p>〔Methods〕Research participants were nursing educators of a nursing school with a teaching career of three years or longer and less than ten years, and a semi-structure type group interview was conducted.</p><p>〔Results〕 Thirteen nursing teachers of a nursing school were invited to participate in this research. The contents of which, as nursing teachers described, reportedly linked the growth of educators from new nursing teachers to mid-level nursing teachers are as follows: two categories regarding class improvements were “educators started exploring a student-centered class” and “educators were encouraged by positive reactions of students toward class” and four categories regarding involvements in students were “nursing educators involved students in a student-centered manner,” “educators established favorable relationships with students,” “educators connected with students by educators putting themselves in the students’ position” and “educators had a positive relationship with the hope to inspire students to grow.”</p><p>〔Conclusions〕New nursing educators improved class contents in a student-centered manner with the focus on students’ reactions, and involved themselves in student initiative. It was suggested that educators considered this attitude led to the growth of nursing educators to mid-level.</p>