Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University, Coach Lane Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7XA, United Kingdom.
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Hopewood Park Hospital, Sunderland SR2 0NB, United Kingdom.
Nurse Educ Today. 2022 Nov;118:105513. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105513. Epub 2022 Aug 16.
Values-based recruitment is a mandatory process for nursing programmes within UK higher education, with the Nursing Midwifery Council expecting that experts-by-experience are engaged in these recruitment and selection processes. The wider involvement of experts-by-experience in healthcare education is gaining momentum internationally with calls for engagement in all aspects of design and delivery; however, the impact of such involvement in recruitment of nursing students has received little attention, particularly in mental health nursing.
To understand the impact of expert-by-experience involvement in the values-based recruitment of mental health nursing students from the perspective of candidates, experts-by-experience, and academic staff.
This qualitative approach was co-designed and implemented by a research team comprised of academics, experts-by-experience, and student mental health nurses. Focus groups and an on-line survey were used to collect data, with Burnard's thematic analysis providing a framework for data analysis.
SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: This study took place at one UK university. Participants included nurse academics, experts-by-experience, and student nurses with experience of a values-based recruitment process.
Thematic analysis identified four themes: starting out, collaboration, rich assessment, and stakeholder gains. Whilst not without its challenges, the involvement of experts-by-experience in the recruitment of mental health nursing students was identified as delivering a robust recruitment process, encompassing academic abilities alongside the personal qualities required to make a 'good nurse'. Personal benefits for experts-by-experience, candidates, and academics were also reported.
This study provides insights into the impact of experts-by-experience in supporting values-based recruitment. The approach is identified as enhancing the selection process by drawing from academic and lived experience perspectives and highlights to potential candidates, at the outset of their career, the value of meaningful engagement. These findings support the Nursing Midwifery Council's position that experts-by-experience should be engaged in the recruitment and selection of student nurses.
价值观导向的招聘是英国高等教育护理专业的必修程序，护理助产理事会期望有经验的专家参与这些招聘和选拔过程。更广泛地让有经验的专家参与到国际医疗保健教育中正在获得动力，呼吁他们参与设计和提供的各个方面；然而，这种参与对护理学生招聘的影响却很少受到关注，尤其是在精神健康护理方面。
从候选人、有经验的专家和学术人员的角度了解有经验的专家参与精神健康护理学生价值观导向招聘的影响。
这种定性方法是由一个由学者、有经验的专家和学生精神健康护士组成的研究团队共同设计和实施的。使用焦点小组和在线调查收集数据，伯纳德的主题分析为数据分析提供了框架。
地点/参与者：这项研究在英国的一所大学进行。参与者包括护理学术人员、有经验的专家和有价值观导向招聘经验的学生护士。
主题分析确定了四个主题：开始、合作、丰富的评估和利益相关者的收益。虽然有其挑战，但有经验的专家参与精神健康护理学生的招聘被认为提供了一个强大的招聘过程，涵盖了学术能力和成为“好护士”所需的个人素质。还报告了有经验的专家、候选人、学术人员的个人收益。
本研究深入了解了有经验的专家在支持价值观导向招聘方面的影响。这种方法通过从学术和生活经验的角度增强了选拔过程，并向潜在的候选人在职业生涯的早期就强调了有意义的参与的价值。这些发现支持了护理助产理事会的立场，即有经验的专家应该参与学生护士的招聘和选拔。
