Developing a mental health pathway for midwifery students

O’Leary, Kate; Bromley, Elaine

doi:10.7748/mhp2009.03.12.6.32.c6868

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“…Another key consideration is the need to develop a registered nurse with the resilience to practice effectively in contemporary healthcare (Thomas and Asselin, 2018). Therefore a variety of placement models can have benefits such as better awareness of other professional roles, increased placement capacity; increased skills for the established workforce; students enabled to work with specialist and emerging fields of practice and students better prepared for registration (O'Leary and Bromley 2009;McClimens et al 2013;Harrison-White & King, 2015). Whilst Role Emerging Placements have grown in popularity for allied healthcare students (Dancza et al 2019) this is a novel approach to nurse education.…”

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An alternative placement model for nursing students: discovering new horizons

Humphries

Keeley

Stainer

et al. 2020

British Journal of Healthcare Management

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This article explores the use of an alternative placement model in conjunction with the Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for education and training. Traditionally in nurse education, students were supported on placement on a one-to-one basis by a qualified nurse mentor. This could be a very intense relationship and could limit placement learning as students were only allocated to areas that have a qualified nurse mentor, exacerbating competing demands on placement capacity to support students. A higher education institute trialled an alternative placement model that used several healthcare-related services traditionally not used for nursing placements. Some of these placements were allocated by the higher education institute, but students were also responsible for securing a number of placements for themselves. The students were supported with their learning by appropriate healthcare staff in practice but were assessed by academic members of staff at the higher education institute acting as practice assessors. The project was evaluated positively overall by the vast majority of students and staff. Students found it to be an empowering experience, which encouraged autonomous practice.

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An alternative placement model for nursing students: discovering new horizons

Humphries

Keeley

Stainer

et al. 2020

British Journal of Healthcare Management

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Undergraduate paramedic student psychomotor skills in an obstetric setting: An evaluation

Lenson

Mills

2018

Nurse Education in Practice

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The clinical education of paramedic students is an international concern. In Australia, student placements are commonly undertaken with local district ambulance services, however these placements are increasingly limited. Clinical placements within inter-professional settings represent an innovative yet underdeveloped area of investigation. This paper addresses that gap by reporting a pilot evaluation of paramedic student clinical placements in a specialised obstetrics setting. Using a case study approach, the evaluation aimed to identify paramedic psychomotor skills that could be practised in this setting, and understand the nature of key learning events. A purposive sample of paramedic students was recruited following completion of the obstetrics placement. A combination of student reflection and assessed psychomotor skills data were collected from clinical placement logs. Content analysis of all data was conducted inductively and deductively, as appropriate. Findings indicated a comprehensive range of psychomotor skills can be practised in this setting, with over thirty psychomotor skills identified directly related to the paramedic curriculum; and seven psychomotor skills indirectly related. The themes finding confidence in maternity care, watching the experts, and putting theory into practice provide narrative insight into the clinical learning experience of paramedic students in this setting. Further research is recommended to build upon this pilot.

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