An exploratory study investigating perceptions, opinions and experiences of safeguarding education in pre-registration children’s nursing curricula
Nadine Littler Postgraduate research student (children and families), University of Cumbria
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Aim To explore perceptions, opinions and experiences of safeguarding education within pre-registration children’s nursing curricula.
Methods Using a qualitative research method, an online questionnaire was developed and disseminated to pre-registration children’s nursing students to complete via a weblink added to their programme’s virtual learning environment.
Findings This study highlighted the need to integrate other pedagogies in safeguarding education. These include implementing more practical-based workshops such as completing safeguarding referrals to social care and undertaking case vignettes from a multiprofessional perspective.
Conclusion The recommendations from this study for future safeguarding education in pre-registration children’s nursing curricula include incorporating a hybrid experiential learning approach, through problem-solving and simulation-based learning, to bridge the theory-to-practice divide and ensure practitioners are fit for practice.
Nursing Children and Young People.
doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2018.e1041
Citation
Littler N (2018) An exploratory study investigating perceptions, opinions and experiences of safeguarding education in pre-registration children’s nursing curricula. Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2018.e1041
Peer review
This article has been subject to open peer review and has been checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence
nadinelittler@gmail.com
Conflict of interest
None declared
AcknowledgementThe author would like to thank all the nursing students who took part, without whom this study would not have been possible
Published online: 21 June 2018
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