Expanding the clinical placement capacity of rural hospitals in Australia: Displacing Peta to place Paul?

Barnett, Tony; Walker, Lorraine; Jacob, Élisabeth; Missen, Karen; Cross, Merylin; Shahwan-Akl, Lina

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2011.08.013

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“…4 placement learning decreases (Edwards et al 2004;Hall 2006;Reimer Kirkham 2012;Barnett et al 2011). In addition to the decreased availability of traditional hospital-based placements, there are major policy changes taking place globally to move healthcare provision into the community.…”

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The experiences of student nurses on placements with practice nurses: A pilot study

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Ooms

Sharples

et al. 2016

Nurse Education in Practice

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To prepare the registered nurse of tomorrow in the United Kingdom (UK) to care for patients in general practice (GP)-led services, today's student nurses need to have the opportunity to experience placements with practice nurses to enable them to make positive career choices to become practice nurses in the future. The role of the practice nurse is described in the article.As a pilot project, seventeen students undertook placements with practice nurses in one of seven GP practices selected by the London GP Deanery and the university as having fulfilled the criteria to support student nurses in placements. A mentorship preparation programme was provided to prepare practice nurses for mentoring these students. An evaluation study was undertaken of this pilot project. Findings showed that students were highly positive about the experience; the majority rated this placement as being as good as or better than previous placement experiences. The evaluation also explored the impact on student learning and the value that the placement had. There was a positive impact on students' knowledge and skills in certain clinical areas especially related to health promotion. Students also indicated that they would like to have additional placements with practice nurses and would consider a career as a practice nurse in the future.

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Section: A C C E P T E D Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

confidence: 99%

The experiences of student nurses on placements with practice nurses: A pilot study

Gale

Ooms

Sharples

et al. 2016

Nurse Education in Practice

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“…The availability of clinical placements is constrained by a combination of organisational, regulatory and educational requirements, as well as the capacity of health services to supervise and mentor undergraduate nurses (Barnett et al 2011, Bourgeois et al 2011). …”

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“…In the contemporary clinical environment of high workloads and diluted skill mix, there has been a decreased capacity to provide placements (Barnett et al 2011). This has led education providers to explore non-traditional settings for undergraduate placements.…”

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Clinical placements in general practice: Relationships between practice nurses and tertiary institutions

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Halcomb

McInnes

2013

Nurse Education in Practice

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As a practice-based discipline a key component of undergraduate nurse education is clinical practice experience. The quality of clinical experiences has a significant impact on the students' ability to function competently post graduation. The relationship between higher education institutions (HEIs) and health service placement providers impacts upon the quality of clinical placements. In Australia, the growth of primary care nursing and the shortage of acute clinical places has prompted HEIs to explore the placement of students in general practice. Given the increasing attention being paid to non-traditional clinical placements, it is timely to explore how universities are establishing relationships and models of clinical placement. This paper uses qualitative research methods to explore the perspectives of 12 Australian general practice nurses who have experience in facilitating undergraduate clinical placements about the relationships between HEIs and nurses. Findings are presented in the following three themes: (1) Appropriate preparation for placement: They don't know what primary health really means, (2) Seeking greater consultation in the organisation of clinical placements: they've got to do it one way for everyone, and (3) Uncertainty and lack of support: I had no contact with the university. Clinical placements in general practice can be an innovative strategy providing non-traditional, yet high quality, teaching and learning experiences for undergraduate nursing students. To optimise the quality of these placements, however, it is essential that HEIs provide appropriate support to the practice nurses mentoring these students.

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“…An issue highlighted in the literature, is a lack of acute clinical placements for the large numbers of healthcare students, with students sometimes out‐numbering nursing staff (Barnett et al . , DOH , Courtney‐Pratt et al . ).…”

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Qualified nurses' rate new nursing graduates as lacking skills in key clinical areas

Missen

McKenna

Beauchamp

et al. 2016

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Expanding the clinical placement capacity of rural hospitals in Australia: Displacing Peta to place Paul?

Cited by 22 publications

References 26 publications

The experiences of student nurses on placements with practice nurses: A pilot study

The experiences of student nurses on placements with practice nurses: A pilot study

Clinical placements in general practice: Relationships between practice nurses and tertiary institutions

Qualified nurses' rate new nursing graduates as lacking skills in key clinical areas

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