Necessity and Importance of the Rehabilitational Education in Nursing Students

• Published in: Journal of Physical Therapy Science Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 45 - 48
• Main Authors: Minematsu, Akira, Yoshimura, Osamu, Obama, Naruko, Kawasaki, Misao, Nishihama, Satsuyo, Haga, Akiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2001
• Subjects: Nursing students; Questionnaire investigation; Rehabilitational education
• ISSN: 0915-5287; 2187-5626
• DOI: 10.1589/jpts.13.45

This study investigated the necessity and importance of rehabilitational education for nursing students by questionnaire. Forty-three nursing students who have practical nurse licenses in a certain vocational school were given a lecture on rehabilitation. Before and after this lecture, they filled out questionnaires about the lecture contents. The rate of valid answers was 95.3%. The students were significantly more interested in rehabilitation after the lecture. Also, although they felt the necessity for the knowledge and technique of rehabilitation, they answered that it was not very necessary to learn these before the lecture. However their opinion significantly changed after the lecture and learning the knowledge and techniques of rehabilitation become more important to them. They were interested in rehabilitation and realized again the importance of education profoundly compared with before the lecture. It was considered that creating interest was necessary first and that this would lead to the understanding of rehabilitation.