Carr Jacqui, Taylor Rachel, Pitt Margaret
Assistant Professor. The School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham.
Community Nurse, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Local Partnerships Nottingham West.
Br J Community Nurs. 2018 Oct 2;23(10):496-500. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2018.23.10.496.
First year student nurses are increasingly undertaking their first placement with community nurses. The importance of how this initial learning experience is introduced by the higher education institution, as well as how the student is welcomed and integrated into the community nursing team, cannot be underestimated. Following positive anonymous feedback from students, which indicated that they had benefitted from the introduction, welcome and integration they experienced, the university and mentors reviewed how this had been done to identify good practice to share with colleagues. Students indicated that their welcome and integration had helped them to feel part of the team and enhanced learning, because they were so well supported, and mentors had facilitated learning experiences by acknowledging that this was their first placement experience. It is notable that mentors were committed to the students' learning and used workplace social capital to optimise the student experience. At a time when retention of students is essential to increase the future workforce, mentors dedicated to student learning are acting as ambassadors for the community workforce, and may well encourage students to have a career in community nursing.
本科一年级的护生越来越多地开始在社区护士的指导下进行首次实习。高等教育机构如何介绍这一初始学习经历，以及学生如何受到欢迎并融入社区护理团队，其重要性不可低估。学生们给出了积极的匿名反馈，表明他们从所经历的介绍、欢迎和融入过程中受益，于是大学和导师回顾了这一过程，以确定可与同事分享的良好做法。学生们表示，他们受到的欢迎和融入过程让他们感觉自己是团队的一员，并增强了学习效果，因为他们得到了很好的支持，而且导师认识到这是他们的首次实习经历，从而为他们提供了学习机会。值得注意的是，导师致力于学生的学习，并利用工作场所的社会资本优化学生的实习体验。在留住学生对增加未来劳动力至关重要的时期，致力于学生学习的导师正充当着社区护理行业的大使，很可能会鼓励学生投身社区护理事业。
