“I know exactly what I'm going into”: recommendations for pre‐nursing experience from an evaluation of a pre‐nursing scholarship in rural Scotland

Nursing Open

Annetta Smith¹  Michelle Beattie¹ 

[1] School of Health Sciences, University of Stirling (Highland Campus), Centre for Health Science, Inverness, UK

关键词: Action research;    nurse recruitment and retention;    pre‐nursing experience;    qualitative research;    scholarship;   

DOI  :  10.1002/nop2.23

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

Aim

To develop a model of pre-nursing experience from evaluation of a pre-nursing scholarship for school pupils in Scotland.

Design

Action research study.

Methods

School pupils (n = 42) completed questionnaire surveys and participated in anecdote circles. Student nurses acting as pupil ‘buddies’ (n = 33) participated in focus groups. Descriptive quantitative data and thematic analyses of qualitative data were integrated across cohorts and campuses.

Results

Ten recommended components of a model of pre-nursing experience were identified: educational experience of: (1) face-to-face on-campus teaching; (2) hands-on clinical skills sessions; and (3) andragogy, practice exposure to (4) nursing language; (5) nurses’ emotional labour; (6) patients’ stories; (7) pupils socializing with buddies; (8) buddies planning placement activities; and (9) supporting pupils during placements. Academic attainment was not a central component of the model due to pupils’ need to (10) prioritize examined work for further/higher education entry.

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