Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 222, Lindfield, NSW 2070, Australia.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2013 Sep;13(5):400-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.12.003. Epub 2013 Jan 20.
Increasingly, students with English as a second language (ESL) are enrolled in nursing degrees in English speaking countries (Wang et al., 2008). However, they may be at risk of clinical practice failure due to communication difficulties associated with unfamiliar linguistic and cultural factors (Guhde, 2003). This paper describes and evaluates an innovation to assist ESL nursing students at an Australian university develop their clinical communication skills and practice readiness by providing online learning resources, using podcast and vodcast technology, that blend with classroom activities and facilitate flexible and independent learning. The innovation builds on an intensive clinical language workshop program called 'Clinically Speaking' which has evolved through a cyclical process of ongoing research to produce resources in response to students' learning needs. Whilst uptake of the resources was modest, students of ESL as well as English speaking backgrounds (ESB) found the resources improved their clinical preparation and confidence by increasing their understanding of expectations, clinical language and communication skills. The innovation, developed with a modest budget, shows potential in developing ESL and ESB students' readiness for clinical communication, enabling them to engage in clinical practice to develop competency standards required of nursing graduates and registration authorities.
越来越多的以英语为第二语言（ESL）的学生在英语国家注册护理学位（Wang 等人，2008 年）。然而，由于不熟悉的语言和文化因素带来的沟通困难，他们可能有临床实践失败的风险（Guhde，2003 年）。本文介绍并评估了一项创新举措，通过使用播客和视频播客技术提供在线学习资源，与课堂活动相结合，促进灵活和独立学习，以帮助澳大利亚大学的 ESL 护理学生发展他们的临床沟通技能和实践准备。该创新建立在名为“Clinically Speaking”的强化临床语言讲习班计划的基础上，该计划通过持续研究的循环过程不断发展，以满足学生的学习需求来制作资源。尽管资源的利用率不高，但 ESL 和英语为母语背景（ESB）的学生发现，这些资源通过提高他们对期望、临床语言和沟通技能的理解，改善了他们的临床准备和信心。这项创新举措以适度的预算开发，显示出培养 ESL 和 ESB 学生临床沟通准备能力的潜力，使他们能够参与临床实践，发展护理毕业生和注册机构所需的能力标准。
