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- Title
Improving the undergraduate clinical placement experience in mental health nursing.
- Authors
O'Brien, Louise; Buxton, Megan; Gillies, Donna
- Abstract
Recruitment in mental health nursing is an international problem. Improving the undergraduate clinical placement experience may help to attract students into mental health nursing. In this paper, the authors describe the development and evaluation of a clinical facilitation program aimed at improving the placement experience. Students were surveyed about their attitudes to mental health nursing before and after placement. Based on the results from 254 pre-placement and 248 post-placement surveys there was a large significant increase in students' interest in mental health nursing following clinical placement. Data collected from focus groups also indicated that facilitators, students, and clinical nurses all viewed the program positively.
- Publication
Issues in mental health nursing, 2008, Vol 29, Issue 5, p505
- ISSN
1096-4673
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/01612840801981355