First year undergraduate nursing students and nursing mentors: An evaluation of their experience of specialist areas as their hub practice learning environment. Issue 1 (January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McCallum, Jacqueline; Lamont, David; Kerr, Emma-Louise
• Is Part Of: Nurse education in practice. Volume 16:Issue 1(2016:Jan.)
• Page Start: 182
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Subjects: Hub and spoke -- Practice learning -- Mentorship -- Specialist environments; Nursing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Education, Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Study and teaching; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.73071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2015.06.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-5953

Abstract

Abstract: Specialist environments have traditionally not been considered as practice learning environments for year one nursing students. Through implementation of the hub and spoke model of practice learning this was implemented across one health board and Higher Education Institution in Scotland. Sixty nine students from specialist and 147 from general areas out of a total population of 467 students (46.2%) and thirteen mentors from specialist and 26 from general areas out of a total 577 mentors (6.7%) completed a questionnaire. The findings support this initiative and suggest in some cases student experiences are more positive in specialist environments.