Jan Forber1, Michelle DiGiacomo2, Patricia Davidson3, Bernie Carter4, Debra Jackson5. 1. Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. Electronic address: Janet.Forber@student.uts.edu.au. 2. Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. 3. Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia; School of Nursing, John Hopkins University, 525N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. 4. School of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Fylde Road, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom; University of Tasmania, Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania 7005, Australia. 5. Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University Jack Straws Lane, Marston, Oxford OX3 0FL, United Kingdom; Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Approaches to clinical education are highly diverse and becoming increasingly complex to sustain in complex milieu OBJECTIVE: To identify the influences and challenges of providing nurse clinical education in the undergraduate setting and to illustrate emerging solutions. METHOD: A discursive exploration into the broad and varied body of evidence including peer reviewed and grey literature. DISCUSSION: Internationally, enabling undergraduate clinical learning opportunities faces a range of challenges. These can be illustrated under two broad themes: (1) legacies from the past and the inherent features of nurse education and (2) challenges of the present, including, population changes, workforce changes, and the disconnection between the health and education sectors. Responses to these challenges are triggering the emergence of novel approaches, such as collaborative models. CONCLUSION(S): Ongoing challenges in providing accessible, effective and quality clinical learning experiences are apparent.
INTRODUCTION: Approaches to clinical education are highly diverse and becoming increasingly complex to sustain in complex milieu OBJECTIVE: To identify the influences and challenges of providing nurse clinical education in the undergraduate setting and to illustrate emerging solutions. METHOD: A discursive exploration into the broad and varied body of evidence including peer reviewed and grey literature. DISCUSSION: Internationally, enabling undergraduate clinical learning opportunities faces a range of challenges. These can be illustrated under two broad themes: (1) legacies from the past and the inherent features of nurse education and (2) challenges of the present, including, population changes, workforce changes, and the disconnection between the health and education sectors. Responses to these challenges are triggering the emergence of novel approaches, such as collaborative models. CONCLUSION(S): Ongoing challenges in providing accessible, effective and quality clinical learning experiences are apparent.