Supporting learners in clinical practice: capacity issues

Hutchings, Andy; Williamson, Graham R.; Humphreys, Ann

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01239.x

Cited by 76 publications

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“…In a previous study, clinical nurse managers perceive this support to be excellent (Begley and Brady, 2002). Students however held the opposite view in this study and in other studies (Ross and Clifford, 2002;Hutchings et al, 2005). Gerrish (2000) found that newly qualified nurses had experienced greater support than a similar cohort in 1985 in the UK.…”

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confidence: 44%

“…Ethical approval or voluntary participation in the latter survey was not discussed nor the demographic detail of this group, which was not limited to novices. Hutchings et al (2005) have explored how student nurses are supported with regard to capacity and suitability of the environment to do so. Purposive sampling was chosen, including those with an interest in educational issues.…”

Section: Personnel To Support Students and Qualified Nursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Operational and strategic level personnel are required to provide learning support in the clinical environment (Hutchings et al, 2005). Morgan and Collins (2002) assert that staff nurse roles are pivotal in the facilitation of education on the ward.…”

Section: Personnel Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stress and stressors in the clinical environment: a comparative study of fourth‐year student nurses and newly qualified general nurses in Ireland

Suresh

Matthews

Coyne

2012

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives. To measure and compare the perceived levels of job‐related stress and stressors of newly qualified nurses and fourth‐year student nurses in the clinical environment and to explore the participants’ views on stress and stressors. Background. Stress in the nursing workplace has significant consequences for the person, the patient and the organisation, such as psychological and physical health deterioration and impaired professional practice. To address this problem, stress and stressors need to be measured and identified. Design. This study used a cross‐sectional survey design and self‐reporting questionnaires to measure and compare levels of stress in both groups. Convenience sampling involved all newly qualified nurses (n = 120) and fourth‐year student nurses (n = 128) in Dublin North‐East region in Ireland. Methods. The instrument used was ‘The Nursing Stress Scale’ (Gray‐Toft & Anderson 1981, Journal of Behavioral Assessment3, 11–23). Descriptive, qualitative analysis was conducted on an open‐ended question. Data were obtained from newly qualified nurses (n = 31) and fourth‐year student nurses (n = 40) in six acute hospital sites. Results. Levels of perceived stress and stressors were high in both groups. Themes identified from the responses to the open question by both groups included excessive workload, difficult working relationships and unmet clinical learning needs. Student nurses also reported the combination of academic demands with clinical placement as a major stressor. There was no significant difference between each group. Conclusion. Stress continues to be a problem for nurses in the clinical setting. Excessive workload requires urgent attention by hospital managers in view of widespread retention difficulties. Themes identified could provide a framework for possible interventions for improving the clinical environment for nurses. Relevance to clinical practice. These results can help stakeholders in nurse education and practice to develop interventions to reduce stress for both groups and to ease the transition from student to graduate nurse.

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Section: Personnel To Support Students and Qualified Nursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stress and stressors in the clinical environment: a comparative study of fourth‐year student nurses and newly qualified general nurses in Ireland

Suresh

Matthews

Coyne

2012

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…For kontaktsykepleierne vil det ofte vaere slik at de befinner seg i en situasjon preget av dilemmaet mellom å bruke tid på studentene, og det handlingspresset pasientenes behov innebaerer. Tid er et gjennomgående problem for sykepleiere som har blitt tildelt et veiledningsansvar for sykepleierstudenter (Hutchings, Williamson & Humphreys 2005).…”

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«Den gamle kroppen» - Sykepleierstudenters tanker om eldreomsorg som fremtidig arbeidsplass.

Bruun

Skaalvik

2010

NorTidHelse

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“…Support for students whilst undertaking placement-based learning is advocated throughout the literature (Andrews et al 2005;Hutchings, Williamson, and Humphreys 2005;Levett-Jones and Bourgeois 2011). However, little literature exists on how to support such a period of practice (Neill and Mulholland 2003).…”

Section: Student Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preparing the foundations for video-based practice-placement support: establishing the role from a students’ perspective

Taylor

2012

Research in Learning Technology

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Currently, many placement-based health programme students within the UK are supported through face-to-face visits from university staff. Whilst cited in literature as being of value, the face-to-face nature of this contact is not supported. Alternatives including video-based communications methods offer the potential for cost effective, environmentally responsible support. However, in order to establish the fitness for purpose of alternative approaches, the content and purpose of current support needs to be understood. This project aimed to investigate student perceptions of the ideal content and purpose of clinical support visits, and alternatives to the current face-to-face approach. Fifty-six Physiotherapy undergraduate students responded to questionnaires with a further nine participating in a follow-up focus group. Participants emphasised the value of the visit in guiding learning, ensuring progression and resolving arising issues, and highlighted concerns over alternative approaches. Focus group participants discussed the importance of personal and professional confidence in directing requirements for support, and went on to propose a menu of options for methods of communication. Whilst limited in some applications, video technologies may be one of the options. Overall, however, this project supports the need for consideration of individualised learning journeys within curriculum planning.

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Supporting learners in clinical practice: capacity issues

Cited by 76 publications

References 35 publications

Stress and stressors in the clinical environment: a comparative study of fourth‐year student nurses and newly qualified general nurses in Ireland

Stress and stressors in the clinical environment: a comparative study of fourth‐year student nurses and newly qualified general nurses in Ireland

«Den gamle kroppen» - Sykepleierstudenters tanker om eldreomsorg som fremtidig arbeidsplass.

Preparing the foundations for video-based practice-placement support: establishing the role from a students’ perspective

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