- Title
- Preparing student nurses for healthcare reform
- Creator
- Barnett, Tony; Sellick, Kenneth; Cross, Merylin; Walker, Lorraine; James, Ainsley; Henderson, Tamie
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/43373
- Identifier
- vital:6153
- Identifier
- ISSN:1442-1100
- Abstract
- This research aimed to determine how clinical agencies and universities can best prepare student nurses to develop the capability to contribute to healthcare reform. A list of desirable reform capabilities (graduate attributes) was developed and validated. A case study approach was used and interviews conducted with personnel at six clinical agencies in Victoria and South Australia to assess the extent to which student nurses achieved or were likely to achieve these capabilities and to identify strategies that would assist their development. As a significant component of the healthcare workforce, nurses are positioned to play a critical role in healthcare reform. A major challenge facing the profession is how best to prepare nurses and equip them with the skills and attributes necessary to contribute to the reform agenda. Nine reform capabilities were identified. Some were more likely to be achieved than others during undergraduate preparation. Strategies were identified to assist the development of each capability though a number of challenges were also identified by participants. These related to: university–agency relationships, the clinical learning environment, student–graduate transition, curriculum and organisational culture. The research concluded that graduate nurses are unlikely to demonstrate all nine capabilities on initial entry into the workforce. If these are regarded as desirable attributes for beginning practitioners, universities and clinical agencies need to develop and implement more effective strategies to support their development during undergraduate preparation. [Author abstract]
- Relation
- Focus on Health Professional Education Vol. 14, no. 1 (2012), p. 23-24
- Rights
- Copyright ANZAHPE
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; 1303 Specialist Studies In Education
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