| An exploratory study of the necessity including physical touch in Nursing curriculum |
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Sung Ok Chang1, Young Joo Park2 |
1Research fellow, Dept, of Nursing, Medical college, Korea University
2Assistant Prof. Dept, of Nursing, Medical college, Korea University |
| 간호학에서의 접촉 교육의 반영을 위한 탐색적 연구 |
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장성옥1, 박영주2 |
1고려대학교 의과대학 간호학과 연구강사
2고려대학교 의과대학 간호학과 조교수 |
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| Abstract |
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This study intended to explore the meaning of physical touch and assess the necessity to educate physical touch in nursing curriculum.
The number of the subjects on this study consisted of 34 third year university nursing students in Seoul. All the data & information was collected from Apr. 20 to Apr. 30, 1994. The data analysis was performed by using content analysis.
The results are as follows ;
1. The meanings of physical touch that surveyed nursing students experience are classified positive, neutral and negative meanings :
The positive meanings consist of comfort, protection, self-confidence, frankness, intimacy, satisfaction and stability. The neutral meanings consist of communicating feeling, nonverbal internal language, curiosity, stasis and possession. The negative meanings consist of troublesome, terrible, embarassment, disgusting, discomfort and irritable.
2. The modes of physical touch that nursing students are classified positive, neutral and negative meanings :
The positive & neutral modes consist of shaking hands, stroking head, embracing as mother-child, female—male, friend—friend relationship, confronting head, pulling hands or arms, nurse's procedural touch and grasping hands. The negative inodes consisted of interference, hitting, pinching and beating.
3. The nursing students emphasized the necessity including physical touch in nursing curriculum, because it is effective nursing intervention method, an effective emotional supporting method, rapport facilitating method, a therapeutic effect and feeling communicating method. Then they emphasized the inclusion of meaning, psychology, modes, characteristics, techniques, goals, strength, weaknesss and, effectiveness of physical touch in nursing curriculum and wanted to learn by lecture and practice. |
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