DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO FOSTER LOGICAL THINKING IN NURSING STUDENTS

本研究的目的是开发一种可用于培养护生逻辑思维的计算机软件，并将其应用于护理教育中。为了构建该软件的基础，进行了一项初步研究，以阐明护士特有的推理结构。先导性研究的结果表明，有必要对专家护士的推理过程进行更多的调查。为此，进行了一项调查。研究结果揭示了专家护士推理过程的特点，以及决定护士在与病人互动时的即时反应的推理特征。随着护士获得更多信息，推理的发展和形成也变得很明显。在此基础上，构建了构成软件核心的规则集。在模拟了从现象学数据中产生什么样的推理之后，积累了一个由4个元素(现象、→、推理、基础和否定)组成的规则集。然后将规则集合并到系统中，创建用户界面，并将其制成应用程序。为了解护生思维发展的过程，本研究进行了一项调查。很明显，护生的思维发展是能够从不同的角度把握一个现象，并通过词汇习得变得更具表现力。完成基本培训和了解护理流程等因素促成了这一发展过程。将其应用于培养逻辑思维和评估的教材，同时考虑如何以及何时根据学生思维过程中的发展使用该软件，是下一个需要评估的问题。

The aim of this study was to develop computer software that could be used as a method to develop logical thinking in nursing students and be incorporated into nursing education. In order to construct the base for this software, a pilot study was conducted to elucidate the reasoning structure that is specific to nurses. The result of the pilot study suggested the need to make a much more through investigation concerning the reasoning process in expert nurses. A survey was therefore conducted for this purpose. The results revealed characteristic features of the reasoning process in expert nurses in addition to features of the reasoning that determines nurses' immediate responses in interactions with patients. It also became clear that reasoning develops and forms as additional information is made available to nurses. Based on these results, the rule set to form the core of the software was constructed. After simulating what kind of reasoning would be produced from phenomenological data, a set composed of rules based on 4 elements (phenomenon→reasoning→basis→negation) was accumulated. The rule set was then incorporated into the system, the user interface was created, and made into an application. In conjunction with this task, a survey was conducted to clarify the process of thought development in nursing students. It became apparent that the thinking of nursing students developed in terms of being able to grasp a phenomenon from different perspectives and became more expressive through vocabulary acquisitin. Factors such as completing basic training and gaining an understanting of the nursing process, contributed to this developmental process. Its application as a teaching material to foster logical thinking and assessment, while considering how and when this software should be used in accordance with development in the student's thinking process, are the next issues to be evaluated.