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The benefits of gaining research experience through a secondment

25 January 2017

Learning Disability Practice

Evidence & practice

This article describes one learning disability nurse’s experience of being seconded to work on a research project in a university setting. The nurse Tracey Rose and...

Reflection on life experience as an aid to deeper learning

01 December 2010

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article examines the rationale for a four-week life experience placement for nursing students developed at the school of community and health sciences at...

Staying power

19 July 2011

Nursing Standard

Feature

A student reflects on how she cared for children with malaria, then contracted the disease herself.

An example of qualitative comparative analysis in nursing research

01 July 2013

Nurse Researcher

Qualitative data analysis

Aim To describe an example of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in a study about the role of clinical placement, nursing education and patient outcomes....

Nursing students' experience of practice placements

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Clinical practice placements are an essential component of pre-registration nursing programmes. Integration into a new team in an unfamiliar setting, which has its...

Community placement myths

01 March 2011

Primary Health Care

Education

There can be reluctance to encourage community placements because of misconceptions about the benefits students derive from these learning experiences. Findings from...

Hub and spoke model for nursing student placements in the UK

11 March 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

The quality of clinical placements is an important factor in nurse education and depends, partly, on the quality of the mentoring. In a hub and spoke model of...

Assessment and accountability: part 2 – managing failing students

08 June 2016

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Assessment in clinical practice is a complex role undertaken by mentors and practice teachers. This article is the second of three articles about assessment in...

Pre-registration nurse placements in general practice: the picture so far

15 May 2019

Primary Health Care

Workforce

A global shift of health services from secondary to primary care means there is a need for more primary care nurses and an expansion of their roles. However, there...

Creating an environment for learning

16 March 2016

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article, the third in a series of 11, provides guidance to new and existing mentors and practice teachers to enable them to progress in their role and develop a...