Nursing students' experience with clinical placement in nursing homes: a focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A renewed interest in nursing homes as clinical placement settings for nursing students has been prompted by the growing healthcare needs of an ageing population. However, if future nurses are to be enthusiastic about working in this healthcare context, it is essential that higher education institutions that educate nurses and nursing homes that provide placement experiences to students do so with a supportive, positive, and enriched approach.

Methods

To explore first-year nursing students' placement experience in nursing homes, we conducted an exploratory qualitative study in three city-based nursing homes in western Norway. Thirteen first-year nursing students participated in the study. Three focus group interviews were conducted to explore the students' placeme

SUBMITTER: Laugaland K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8419895 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature