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Joy Darch¹, Lesley Baillie², Fiona Gillison³

¹University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Lane, Gloucestershire, GL2 9HW, UK.

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Nurses are expected to be healthy role models, but their education and work environments often hinder this. Enhanced support and training are needed from the start of nursing programs to prepare students for this role.

Keywords:

Education Health promotion Nurse Role model

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Nursing Education
Health Promotion
Professional Role Modeling

Background:

International and national expectations place a significant emphasis on nurses serving as healthy role models.
Existing literature highlights a gap in understanding how nursing education prepares students for this crucial aspect of their professional identity.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the experiences and perceptions of student nurses, nurse educators, and registered nurses regarding healthy role modeling.
To explore the extent to which undergraduate nurse education equips students with the necessary skills and knowledge to be healthy role models.

Main Methods:

An exploratory qualitative design was employed in the South of England.
Data were collected from 39 participants (student nurses, nurse lecturers, registered nurses) through focus groups.
Thematic analysis was used to analyze the collected data.

Main Results:

Nurses understand the core components of being a healthy role model but perceive their work environment as detrimental to maintaining personal health.
Varied opinions exist on whether nurses should be exemplars of health or share common societal health struggles.
Student nurses and registered nurses reported insufficient knowledge of health promotion and a lack of relevant content in their undergraduate curriculum.

Conclusions:

Nursing education requires significant enhancement to adequately prepare student nurses to be healthy role models.
Early and ongoing support and training are essential for student nurses to effectively embody and promote healthy lifestyles.
Addressing the perceived conflict between professional role modeling expectations and workplace realities is crucial for nurse well-being and effective role modeling.