Factors Affecting Nursing Students' Hesitation to become Involved with Children in a Child Nursing Practicum

Due to advances in medical care and improvements of the standard of living, disease structures have changed. In addition, a declining birthrate and an aging population are accompanied by a need for improvements in public health and medical services. Consequently, there is a strong need to upgrade and expand nursing services and to improve the qualification of nursing staff. Under such circumstances, there is a gap between the skills of nursing students at the time of the completion of their basic nursing education and the skills that are required of nurses in clinical settings, which may cause nurses to leave their profession. Therefore, the curriculum in basic nursing education has been revised to improve practical clinical skills at the time of graduation