Attracting students to aged care: The impact of a supportive orientation

Robinson, Andrew; Andrews, Sharon; Cubit, Katrina; Fassett, Matthew J; Venter, L; Menzies, B; Jongeling, L

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2007.06.010

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“…Even though students were satisfied with the introductory program, the results also indicated that students wanted more information from the school prior to the placement period, this despite the extra information given both verbally and in writing to all the students as part of the project. The results suggest that preparing students thoroughly for both clinical and social aspects of the nursing home arena, is important for how they perceive the situation and find their way in a new and complex learning environment (Abbey et al, 2006;Robinson et al, 2008). Equally important is preparing the practice site for the student placement, and during the project there were regular meetings between the preceptors and teachers to talk about organization of the placement periods and supervision of students.…”

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Improving the quality of nursing students' clinical placements in nursing homes: An evaluation study

Brynildsen

Bjørk

Berntsen

et al. 2014

Nurse Education in Practice

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The aim of this study was to explore students' experiences during their clinical placements in five nursing homes after implementing measures to improve the learning environment. It is vital to stimulate more future nurses to consider a career within geriatric wards and nursing homes. One way to achieve this, is to enhance nursing students' learning experiences during clinical placements in these settings. Measures to improve the learning environment were implemented as a result of a joint effort between a university college and five nursing homes. An explorative design was developed to collect empirical data concerning the students' experiences expressed through questionnaires and logs. The results generally conveyed more positive than negative experiences. Students expressed most satisfaction with peer collaboration, the placement's contribution to awareness of future nursing role and described the learning arena as exciting and interesting. They expressed less satisfaction with supervision from preceptor and how the practice site was prepared for and organized students' placements. Clinical placement arenas and educational institutions should collaborate closely to explore and develop models of supervision appropriate for the nursing home context, to build on existing potentials and resolve the issues that represent barriers for creating interesting and effective learning environments.

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confidence: 99%

Improving the quality of nursing students' clinical placements in nursing homes: An evaluation study

Brynildsen

Bjørk

Berntsen

et al. 2014

Nurse Education in Practice

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“…However, Robinson et al. 15 suggest that by promoting a positive welcome to aged care settings, students could be encouraged to consider an aged care nursing career.…”

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Clinical placements and nursing students' career planning: A qualitative exploration

McKenna

McCall

Wray

2010

Int J of Nursing Practice

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Many nursing students enter undergraduate programmes with preconceived ideas about their future nursing careers, and intend to practice in particular areas such as midwifery or paediatrics. Through clinical placements, students are exposed to different clinical areas and professional socialization is facilitated. However, little is known about the influence of clinical placements on students' career intentions. This paper reports nursing findings drawn from a large qualitative study conducted in Victoria, Australia that sought to explore the influence of health professional students' clinical placements on their future career intentions. Participants were invited to be involved in either face-to-face or focus group interviews depending upon their own preference. Thematic data analysis revealed three main themes: 're-affirming career choice', 'working in a particular area' and 'work location'. Findings from the study add to our understanding of factors influencing nursing students' planning for their future careers including the impact of clinical placements.

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“…Research that included patients or the community allowed students to partner with parents who have children with disabilities [42] and to help a community prepare for a disaster [43]. Other articles involved working to improve communication between students and nurses in the clinical setting [44]; developing a new teaching strategy to improve therapeutic communication in nursing students [45]; designing a new clinical role to improve the theory/practice gap [46]; exposing students to working in long-term care [47]; developing interprofessional collaboration during simulation-based learning [48]; and applying new strategies for student evaluation. Some student evaluation strategies included a portfolio approach [49] and patient involvement in student evaluation [50].…”

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“…Research on efforts to attract nursing students to aged care [47] provides an example of applying action research in a clinical setting. In order to overcome nursing students' perception of caring for the elderly as unattractive at best, researchers and nurse preceptors collaborated to create a more welcoming and supportive orientation for student nurses.…”

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confidence: 99%

Use of Action Research in Nursing Education

Moch

Vandenbark

Pehler

et al. 2016

Nursing Research and Practice

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Purpose. The purpose of this article is to describe action research in nursing education and to propose a definition of action research for providing guidelines for research proposals and criteria for assessing potential publications for nursing higher education. Methods. The first part of this project involved a search of the literature on action research in nursing higher education from 1994 to 2013. Searches were conducted in the CINAHL and MEDLINE databases. Applying the criteria identified, 80 publications were reviewed. The second part of the project involved a literature review of action research methodology from several disciplines to assist in assessing articles in this review. Results. This article summarizes the nursing higher education literature reviewed and provides processes and content related to four topic areas in nursing higher education. The descriptions assist researchers in learning more about the complexity of both the action research process and the varied outcomes. The literature review of action research in many disciplines along with the review of action research in higher education provided a framework for developing a nursing-education-centric definition of action research. Conclusions. Although guidelines for developing action research and criteria for publication are suggested, continued development of methods for synthesizing action research is recommended.

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Attracting students to aged care: The impact of a supportive orientation

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

Improving the quality of nursing students' clinical placements in nursing homes: An evaluation study

Improving the quality of nursing students' clinical placements in nursing homes: An evaluation study

Clinical placements and nursing students' career planning: A qualitative exploration

Use of Action Research in Nursing Education

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