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Development of a practice learning team in the clinical setting.
Nikki Brooks1, Abigail Moriarty
1Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester. NBrooks01@dmu.ac.uk
Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|May 10, 2006
Summary
An action learning approach established a practice learning team to enhance nursing students' clinical placements. This collaboration improved the experiences of students and their mentors through targeted initiatives.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Education
- Clinical Practice
- Nursing Studies
Background:
- Clinical placements are crucial for nursing education.
- Effective mentorship significantly impacts student learning and retention.
- Bridging higher education and clinical practice settings presents challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To implement and develop a practice learning team using an action learning approach.
- To improve the clinical placement experience for nursing students.
- To enhance the support and development of practice mentors.
Main Methods:
- Utilized an action learning methodology for team development.
- Facilitated collaboration between a higher education institution and a clinical practice setting.
- Focused on creating and implementing initiatives for student mentoring.
Main Results:
- Successfully established a dedicated practice learning team.
- Developed and implemented targeted initiatives to improve nursing student mentoring.
- Enhanced the collaborative relationship between academia and clinical practice.
Conclusions:
- Action learning is an effective approach for developing inter-institutional practice learning teams.
- The practice learning team successfully improved the clinical placement experience.
- Initiatives developed by the team positively impacted nursing student mentoring.