Are we preparing student nurses for final practice placement?
| Autor: | Nicola Morrell, Victoria Ridgway |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Higher education media_common.quotation_subject education Nursing Methodology Research Young Adult Documentation Pedagogy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Medicine Humans Competence (human resources) General Nursing Qualitative Research media_common Medical education Interpretative phenomenological analysis business.industry Mentors Education Nursing Baccalaureate Middle Aged Competency-Based Education United Kingdom Feeling Preparedness Practice placement Students Nursing Clinical Competence business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing). 23(10) |
| ISSN: | 0966-0461 |
| Popis: | The aims of this research were to illuminate student nurses’ perceptions of preparedness for final practice placement, and to ascertain factors that supported and hindered preparation for final placement practice. This phenomenological qualitative research was carried out in a UK higher education institution (HEI) with eight adult branch student nurses maintaining written diaries for the first 4 weeks of their final 10-week practice placement. Data were then analysed by means of an interpretive phenomenological approach (IPA). Results showed that students felt ill-prepared for placement. Eight clear themes emerged, including: being used as ‘an extra pair of hands’; mentors appearing to treat student practice documentation as unimportant; and high staff expectations. Other themes were: mentor importance; students feeling that they lacked knowledge; and students feeling unsupported and stressed. In conclusion, although students felt that they lacked knowledge and were used as an extra pair of hands, they did show clinical competence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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