The influence of the Art of Clinical Supervision program on nurses\u27 knowledge and attitude about working with students

The Art of Clinical Supervision program was developed, implemented and evaluated, to determine nursing staff knowledge and attitudes towards nursing students and the clinical supervision thereof. A key point of the program was the inclusion of strategies to promote one’s attitude towards working with students. A mixed methods approach of surveys, online reflections and interviews, was used to determine the programs effect. The findings highlighted a positive impact on participants’ self-knowledge and attitudes towards students and student clinical supervision

Embracing the power of belongingness: A descriptive mixed method research study

Background: Clinical placements should provide nursing students with a positive environment for learning in which they develop a framework for future practice. The literature articulates that this is not always the case. The objective of this research was to develop, implement and evaluate a new education seminar for nursing staff—The Art of Clinical Supervision (ACS), designed for nurses to provide a toolbox of strategies to better support students whilst on clinical placement. The ACS was presented in Western Australia, in both metropolitan and regional health services, in both the public and private health sector. This sample consisted of 199 registered nurses working in areas that actively placed nursing students. A mixed method approach incorporated surveys, online reflections and interviews. This article will outline the qualitative phase of this mixed method research. Analysis of the qualitative data determined that participants perceived the seminar as a helpful strategy for improving nursing practice in relation to student supervision. In particular, the concept of belongingness was viewed as an important component to improving attitudes and placement learning, the focus of this article. The implications of belongingness and how this can be promoted is an important concept that nursing leaders, education providers and clinical supervisors need to consider

A workforce development strategy for nursing in early parenting services in Australia: solutions for the ‘baby boomer’ exit from the nursing workforce

Nursing has a long history of providing services to families and children within early parenting services (EPS) in Australia. In a decade the major cohort of ‘baby boomer’ nurses will have transitioned out of the workforce. This generation of nurse is unique because they have experienced major change in their nursing role and work–life history. Nurses in this era undertook a hospital-based training in general, midwifery and child health nursing and experienced the move of the hospital-based training into the tertiary sector. Many of these nurses have worked in this area of work for 10 or more years. This longevity of work in one area may not occur in the future due to younger generations approaching work quite differently. This paper will consider the issue of workforce gaps in this niche market of nursing in EPS. Current literature will be examined and a report on a study which proposes a workforce development strategy for the future will be considered. This study was undertaken in three phases; the third phase enabled a national survey of nurses which helped articulate the recommendation of a workforce development strategy. The proposed strategy may assist in future workforce planning in EPS around Australia

Exploring the relationship between personal control and the hospital environment

Aims & Objectives: This paper describes the further development of the substantive theory Optimising Personal Control to Facilitate Emotional Comfort. In previous work, emotional comfort was identified as a therapeutic state that was influenced by several factors, one of which was the hospital environment. This paper focuses on aspects within the hospital environment that patients perceive to influence their feelings of personal control. Background: A relationship between control and health has been discussed in previous literature. There are indications that aspects of the hospital environment can impact on a patient's perception of control. This project explored personal control in relation to the hospital environment from the perspective of patients.Methods: Grounded theory method was used. Data were collected from patients' interviews and field observations and analysed using the constant comparative method. Interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. A qualitative data computer program was used to manage the data. Results: The results confirmed the findings of the original study where hospitalised patients were found to experience feelings of reduced personal control. The conditions of level of security, level of knowing and level of personal value were described in terms of their contribution to the patient's feelings of personal control. Conclusions: Specific directions for further research into the development and evaluation of therapeutic hospital environments that promote personal control and the associated emotional comfort are provided. Relevance to clinical practice: This research highlights the importance of considering patients' feelings of personal control during their hospital stay. Several directions for establishment of therapeutic environments within hospitals are provided, but more research in this area is recommended