Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Griffith University, Australia.
Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
J Prof Nurs. 2021 May-Jun;37(3):673-681. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 Apr 14.
The Dedicated Education Unit is a clinical learning model designated to deliver more targeted learning opportunities and enhance student nurses learning capacity. It provides students with more opportunities to develop their skills, experience different learning events, consolidate their knowledge, and build their professional nursing identity.
The study followed a convergent parallel mixed-method design to investigate the nursing students and the nursing preceptors' perceptions of the Dedicated Education Unit model at Mafraq hospital. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from a sample of sixty-seven nursing students and 20 nursing preceptors from March to May 2019.
The overall results of the study were positive. Nursing preceptors were confident to communicate and constructively interact, motivate, and facilitate students' learning. However, they requested better support and more free time to supervise and answer students' questions. Nursing students reported positive learning at the dedicated units. However, they requested more support from nursing preceptors.
Implementing a Dedicated Education Unit model supported the nursing preceptors' role and enhanced nursing students' learning opportunities and hands-on experiences. Achieving a positive effect of the dedicated nursing clinical education unit requires constant collaboration between healthcare facilities and nursing education programs to maximize nursing students learning.
专科教育单位是一种临床学习模式，旨在提供更有针对性的学习机会，提高护生的学习能力。它为学生提供了更多发展技能、体验不同学习活动、巩固知识和建立专业护理身份的机会。
该研究采用收敛平行混合方法设计，调查了 Mafraq 医院护理学生和护理导师对专科教育单位模式的看法。2019 年 3 月至 5 月，从 67 名护理学生和 20 名护理导师中收集了定量和定性数据。
研究的总体结果是积极的。护理导师有信心进行沟通和建设性的互动，激励和促进学生的学习。然而，他们要求得到更好的支持和更多的空闲时间来监督和回答学生的问题。护理学生在专科单位报告了积极的学习。然而，他们要求得到护理导师更多的支持。
实施专科教育单位模式支持了护理导师的角色，增加了护理学生的学习机会和实践经验。要实现专科护理临床教育单位的积极效果，需要医疗机构和护理教育项目之间不断合作，最大限度地提高护理学生的学习效果。
