TY - JOUR
T1 - Australian nursing students’ clinical experiences in residential aged care
T2 - Reports from nurse academics
AU - Rayner, Jo Anne
AU - Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre
AU - Beattie, Elizabeth
AU - Harrington, Ann
AU - Jeon, Yun Hee
AU - Moyle, Wendy
AU - Parker, Deborah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Australian College of Nursing Ltd
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Background: Nurses are the largest group of registered healthcare professionals and are fundamental to delivering health and aged care in Australia. Aim: To explore how nursing students report clinical experiences when caring for older people as part of a larger study investigating how care of the older person content is included in Australian undergraduate nursing curricula. Methods: A population sample of all Australian nursing schools that offered a Bachelor of Nursing degree (n = 35) in 2019. Nurse academics involved in curriculum development or delivery were recruited. A telephone-assisted survey was used, and qualitative content analysis undertaken. Results: All schools of nursing participated in the survey, representing a response rate of 100%. The acute care focus of nursing curricula meant clinical experiences for nursing students related to older person's care commonly occurred in residential aged care facilities in the first year of the degree. Student reports of these experiences varied, with a majority of respondents reporting mixed or negative feedback associated with a lack of preparation and inadequate supervision. Conclusions: This study highlights the: significance of the timing of nursing students’ clinical placements in residential aged care; the selection of appropriate care homes; and the need for the right clinical teaching staff who can supervise high quality learning experiences for students.
AB - Background: Nurses are the largest group of registered healthcare professionals and are fundamental to delivering health and aged care in Australia. Aim: To explore how nursing students report clinical experiences when caring for older people as part of a larger study investigating how care of the older person content is included in Australian undergraduate nursing curricula. Methods: A population sample of all Australian nursing schools that offered a Bachelor of Nursing degree (n = 35) in 2019. Nurse academics involved in curriculum development or delivery were recruited. A telephone-assisted survey was used, and qualitative content analysis undertaken. Results: All schools of nursing participated in the survey, representing a response rate of 100%. The acute care focus of nursing curricula meant clinical experiences for nursing students related to older person's care commonly occurred in residential aged care facilities in the first year of the degree. Student reports of these experiences varied, with a majority of respondents reporting mixed or negative feedback associated with a lack of preparation and inadequate supervision. Conclusions: This study highlights the: significance of the timing of nursing students’ clinical placements in residential aged care; the selection of appropriate care homes; and the need for the right clinical teaching staff who can supervise high quality learning experiences for students.
KW - Curricula
KW - Nursing homes
KW - Nursing students
KW - Older people
KW - Qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1016/j.colegn.2022.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.colegn.2022.06.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85138113686
SN - 1876-7575
VL - 30
SP - 134
EP - 140
JO - Collegian
JF - Collegian
IS - 1
ER -