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Students in employment: learning and working
1Lanarkshire College of Nursing & Midwifery, Hartwood Division, Hartwood Hospital, Shotts, UK.
Nurse Education Today
|October 1, 1996
Summary
Student nurses, despite supernumerary status, often engage in external employment. This external work significantly impacts their learning and educational experience, presenting new challenges for nurse educators to address.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Workload significantly influences student learning outcomes in education.
- In nursing education, workload has historically encompassed assessment demands and the dual role of student nurses as learners and employees.
- Project 2000 programs aimed to redefine the student nurse role, theoretically reducing the employee aspect.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the current situation of student nurses regarding external employment.
- To highlight the implications of this phenomenon for nurse educators.
- To explore how nurse educators can address the challenges presented by students undertaking external work.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of the current student nurse employment landscape.
- Discussion of the implications for educational freedom and learning.
Main Results:
- Many pre-registration student nurses, despite their supernumerary status, are engaged in external employment.
- This external employment may compromise their intended educational freedom and learning experiences.
- The situation presents a novel challenge for nurse educators.
Conclusions:
- The traditional notion of student nurses being solely learners has been complicated by external employment.
- Nurse educators need to develop strategies to support students navigating the demands of both education and external work.
- Understanding and addressing the impact of external employment is crucial for effective nursing education.