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

Smith, Annetta; Beattie, Michelle; Kyle, Richard G

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.

Citation

Smith, A., Beattie, M., & Kyle, R. G. (2015). “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, 2(3), 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.23

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Oct 22, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 31, 2015
• Print ISSN: 2054-1058
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 105-118
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.23
• Keywords: Action research, nurse recruitment andRetention; pre-nursing experience; qualitativeresearch; scholarship
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9195
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.23