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To explore how operating room nurses experience providing shadowing education to nursing students and identify strategies used to sustain this instruction in high-acuity environments.

August 15, 2026Journal of Perioperative Practice

Operating room nurses’ experiences of providing shadowing education to nursing students: A qualitative descriptive study

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KHKentaro HaraChiba University KKKayoko KusuharaNagasaki Medical Center SEShoko EtoNagasaki Medical Center

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Qualitative descriptive study uncovers dual cognitive burdens and professional growth in operating room nurses mentoring students, highlighting adaptive teaching strategies in surgical settings.

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To explore how operating room nurses experience providing shadowing education to nursing students and identify strategies used to sustain this instruction in high-acuity environments.
Qualitative descriptive study design using semi-structured interviews.
Conducted with 10 operating room nurses at a national acute care medical centre in Japan.
Data were analyzed using inductive qualitative content analysis.
Identified four core categories: perceived cognitive workload, professional growth and identity reinforcement, organisational and workflow challenges, and adaptive instructional strategies.
Nurses reported dividing cognitive attention among patient safety, surgical flow, and student supervision, while concurrently gaining professional identity reinforcement through reflective practice.
Participants employed deliberate adaptive strategies to blend student teaching into perioperative workflows without compromising patient safety.

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Hara et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8019fe75c2e31742c865ad https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589261472836

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Qualitative descriptive study uncovers dual cognitive burdens and professional growth in operating room nurses mentoring students, highlighting adaptive teaching strategies in surgical settings.

Operating room nurses’ experiences of providing shadowing education to nursing students: A qualitative descriptive study

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Operating room nurses’ experiences of providing shadowing education to nursing students: A qualitative descriptive study

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