The Life Experiences of a Nursing Student, and the Image Held by Nursing Students about the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) of a Patient

Abstract

[Purpose] Survey the life experiences of 3^rd year nursing university students, as well as their image of the IADL of patients, in order to clarify their relationship.

[Method] Conducted self-entry questionnaires targeting 196 students (pre-training) in the field of Home Care Nursing theory.

 For the analysis method, multiple regression analysis was conducted for the purpose of analyzing whether or not the life experiences of students affected the student’s image of the IADL of patients. Since there were numerous question items, before conducting the multiple regression analysis, it was implemented with a structural equation modeling (SEM) that integrated factor analysis and multiple regression analysis.

[Result] The result indicates a certain number of responses on items like cleaning their rooms with 104 students (99.0%), and shopping for cooking and clean-up after dining with 103 students (98.1%) regarding the life experiences of students. On the other hand, there were fewer responses on items pertaining to taking care of children and the sick with 65 students (61.9%), volunteer activity and interactions with the local community with 70 students (66.7%) and cleaning the toilet at home with 77 students (73.3%). The image held by students about the IADL of patients were mostly items pertaining to operating the air conditioner and transportation onboard a vehicle, while there were few items pertaining to images of managing pensions and bank accounts, handling bill collection, and laundry cleaning. The life experiences of students that affected the image of the IADL of patients were interaction experiences with others.

[Conclusion] The life experience of students and the interaction experience factors with others, such as “visiting someone’s home,” “public bathhouses,” “conversation with elderly strangers,” volunteer activities and interaction with the local community,” “taking care of children and the elderly,” were all affecting the image held by the student regarding the IADL of patients.