Supporting Australian clinical learners in a collaborative clusters education model: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing student numbers have risen in response to projected registered nurse shortfalls, increasing numbers of new graduates requiring transitional support and pressure on clinical placements. A Collaborative Clusters Education Model, in which Entry to Practice facilitators coach ward-based registered nurses to support students' and new graduates' learning, may address placement capacity. The research aim was to evaluate the acceptability of the Collaborative Clusters Education Model to stakeholders by examining their perceptions of the facilitators and barriers to the model in its implementation.

Methods

A convergent mixed methods evaluation approach was adopted. The study took place in a large Australian health service in south-east Queensland. Participants incl

SUBMITTER: van de Mortel TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7318499 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature