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Messy boundaries: younger students' experiences of nursing young people in hospital
1University of Greenwich, London.
Aims:
To explore the experience of younger students of children's nursing when required to care for clients of similar age in hospital, and their concerns in relation to professional boundaries.
Methods:
A phenomenological study was undertaken as a requirement of the doctorate in education programme. Individual unstructured interviews were conducted with 11 students under 20 years of age, and nine of their young clients.
Findings:
The students described the difficulties of trying to balance being a friend to the young people to gain trust, with maintaining a professional relationship.
Conclusion:
Students of children's nursing should be encouraged to relate to their clients of similar age in a professional way that inspires trust and therapeutic engagement. For this the students need the support and guidance of their tutors, mentors and peers.
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