Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30871
Title: An exploration of undergraduate nursing assistant employment in aged care and its value to undergraduate nursing education
Contributor(s): Algoso, Maricris (author); Ramjan, Lucie (author); East, Leah  (author)orcid ; Peters, Kath (author)
Publication Date: 2019-11
Early Online Version: 2019-08-07
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.08.005
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30871
Abstract: Aims: 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.
Background: 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.
Design: 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.
Setting: Data were predominantly collected online via an online survey platform. Social media and snowball sampling methods were utilised to distribute the survey nation-wide.
Participants: 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.
Methods: Thematic analysis was used to analyse data from the open-response question in the survey.
Findings: Three main themes were created: developing communication skills, prioritising patient care, and professional growth through immersion.
Conclusions: 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.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Nurse Education Today, v.82, p. 32-36
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1532-2793
0260-6917
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 420599 Nursing not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200307 Nursing
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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