Adult Nursing : Efforts for Implementing Online Exercises in Acute-Phase Nursing : Devising Exercises for Practice at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: JOURNAL OF JAPAN HEALTH MEDICINE ASSOCIATION Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 200 - 205
• Main Authors: Nishimura, Miho, Uesaka, Mayumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: JAPAN HEALTH MEDICINE ASSOCIATION 31.07.2023; 日本健康医学会
• Subjects: acute care; adult nursing; nursing skills; online; practice; simulation education; オンライン; シミュレーション教育; 急性期; 成人看護学; 演習; 看護技術
• ISSN: 1343-0025; 2423-9828
• DOI: 10.20685/kenkouigaku.32.2_200

The spread of the novel coronavirus led to various exercises being carried out online in the field of nursing education generally and the acute care phase field of adult nursing specifically. This study examines efforts to implement online exercises conducted under limited conditions and in situations that prevented experiential learning using a simulator. The exercises consisted of eight assignments : “Preoperative breathing exercises (deep breathing, expectoration methods) and listening to breathing sounds,” “Preventive care for deep vein thrombosis,” “Talking to patients before entering the operating room on the day of surgery,” “Evaluation and nursing care using pain scale,” “Setting up of an ECG monitor,” “Tracheal intubation,” “Preoperative nursing imaging,” and “Learning BLS techniques.” The above online exercises were conducted in a clinical nursing practice setting, with students taking on the roles of nurses and patients. Debriefing time was provided, and the knowledge gained from the prior assignments (knowledge related to the subject of interest), the completion of assignments during the exercises, and efforts made in post-assignments (special curiosity) enabled the students to understand the content and apply it in practice. Accordingly, the online exercises were almost as effective as simulation education and could be used in clinical practice.