Western Sydney University, Australia.
Western Sydney University, Australia.
Nurse Educ Today. 2019 Nov;82:32-36. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.08.005. Epub 2019 Aug 7.
To explore the types of nursing skills that are learnt through work as nursing assistants in aged care; and determine how these skills help to prepare novice nurses for new graduate practice as a Registered Nurse.
Issues surrounding patient care currently plague the aged care sector in Australia. Undergraduate Assistants in Nursing are undergraduate nursing students who work in a variety of clinical settings, including aged care facilities. The employment of nursing students in aged care is not well explored.
This paper presents the findings from an open-response question in the Preparation for Clinical Practice survey. The survey represented the first stage of a larger sequential mixed-methods study that explored how undergraduate Assistant in Nursing employment in aged care contributed to the preparation of new graduate Registered Nurses for clinical practice.
Data were predominantly collected online via an online survey platform. Social media and snowball sampling methods were utilised to distribute the survey nation-wide.
New graduate nurses (n = 108) who were previously employed as undergraduate Assistants in Nursing in an aged care facility during their Bachelor of Nursing program.
Thematic analysis was used to analyse data from the open-response question in the survey.
Three main themes were created: developing communication skills, prioritising patient care, and professional growth through immersion.
Undergraduate Assistant in Nursing employment in aged care prepared novice nurses for new graduate practice, developing higher-order nursing skills in communication, time management, understanding various aspects of care from the patient's unique experiences, and understanding the structure of the healthcare organisation.
探索在老年护理中作为护理助理学习的护理技能类型；并确定这些技能如何帮助新手护士为注册护士的新毕业生实践做好准备。
目前，患者护理问题困扰着澳大利亚的老年护理部门。助理护士是在各种临床环境中工作的本科护理学生，包括老年护理机构。护理学生在老年护理中的就业情况尚未得到充分探讨。
本文介绍了在临床实践准备调查中的开放式问题的调查结果。该调查代表了一项更大的顺序混合方法研究的第一阶段，该研究探讨了助理护士在老年护理中的就业如何帮助新毕业的注册护士为临床实践做好准备。
数据主要通过在线调查平台在线收集。利用社交媒体和滚雪球抽样方法在全国范围内分发调查。
新毕业的护士（n=108），他们在护理学士课程期间曾在老年护理机构担任过本科助理护士。
使用主题分析方法对调查中的开放式问题进行了数据分析。
创建了三个主要主题：培养沟通技巧、优先考虑患者护理以及通过沉浸式体验实现专业成长。
助理护士在老年护理中的就业为新手护士的新毕业生实践做好了准备，培养了沟通、时间管理、从患者独特的经历中了解护理各个方面以及理解医疗保健组织结构等更高层次的护理技能。
