- Title
- An Australian mixed methods pilot study exploring students performing patient risk screening
- Creator
- Gibson, Simone; Golder, Janet; Cant, Robyn; Davidson, Zoe
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/160734
- Identifier
- vital:12268
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12250
- Identifier
- ISBN:1441-0745
- Abstract
- Clinical placement shortages and rising costs have created demand to provide low-resource, high value student learning opportunities. Malnutrition screening provides a vehicle for achieving this. A mixed methods explanatory sequential intervention study investigated time costs, and students' perceptions of preparedness after performing routine patient screening tasks, as well as students' overall views on their feelings of confidence and preparedness when commencing their first clinical placements. Pre-clinical student dietitians commencing initial placements participated (n=58), with 16 of these forming a subgroup who performed malnutrition screening tasks while the others attended usual placement orientation. The time saved when students undertook screening tasks usually assigned to nurses was substantial. Questionnaires revealed that student perceived confidence increased in the screening group when compared with controls. Focus group themes included "anxiety and confidence," "learning in the clinical learning environment," "communication skill development," and "the pre-placement screening experience." Students performing routine patient-screening tasks prior to initial clinical placement has potential cost savings for healthcare organizations and was perceived to be valuable for learning. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Relation
- Nursing and Health Sciences Vol. 18, no. 2 (2016), p. 203-209
- Rights
- Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1110 Nursing; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; Capacity building; Clinical placements; Education - nursing; Health screening; Qualitative methods; Students - health occupations
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