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The 7th ICCHNR conference

Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö, 21 - 22 June 2022

Public Health Nurses' Perceptions about New

Staff Education in Service-Learning
Yasuyo Yoshida
Edogawa City Office
Hiromi Hoshiai
Edogawa City Office
Maho Ryu
Former Edogawa City Office
Mina Ishimaru
Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University

Background
In Japan, public health nurses play an important role in community health. A combination of theoretical
knowledge and practical skills are required to practice techniques such as community diagnosis and
home visits. However, there are many cases where the on-site education system is insufficient.

Aim of the study

This study aims to clarify public health nurses' perceptions about new staff education
in service-learning.

Methods
Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 70 public health nurses who had
completed their fifth year of employment in City A. The survey period was from September to October
2019. Some examples of the questionnaire items are consideration for human resource development
and the perception to pass down the way of thinking and skills as a public health nurse. A qualitative
inductive analysis was conducted for the contents of the open-ended responses.

Results
The valid response rate was 30%. Among the results of consideration for human resource
development were asking new public health nurses to express their thoughts and feelings, respecting
the answers expressed and sharing them. Similarly, the perception to pass down the way of thinking
and skills as a public health nurse included listening to the opinions of the new public health nurses
first, and having a discussion without denying anything.

Conclusions and implications Our

study clarifies that trainers are conscious of the process of expressing their thoughts
when instructing new public health nurses.

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