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Title: Impact of clinical placements on graduates' choice of first staff-nurse post
Authors: Wareing, M
Taylor, R
Wilson, A
Sharples, A
Keywords: clinical placements;decision-making;newly qualified nurse;workplace learning
Issue Date: 8-Nov-2018
Publisher: MA Healthcare
Citation: Wareing M. et al. (2018) 'Impact of clinical placements on graduates' choice of first staff-nurse post', British Journal of Nursing, 27 (20), pp. 1180 - 1185. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2018.27.20.1180.
Abstract: Quality clinical placements for pre-registration nursing students are particularly important at a time when there is a recruitment crisis within nursing. A study was conducted to identify what impact clinical placements have on pre-registration adult nursing students' choice of clinical specialty as a newly qualified nurse (NQN). Data were collected from students on their final day of a BSc (Hons) programme at two campus sites at a university in the east of England. Participants judged the desirability of a clinical placement on the basis of the quality of the learning, working and clinical environment and the nature of the specialty. The influence of clinical placements on the choice of first destination of NQNs more than doubles within the final year of study. Clinical placements generate vivid experiences, which exert a strong influence on the first employment destination decisions of NQNs.
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31331
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.20.1180
ISSN: 0966-0461
Other Identifiers: ORCiD: Mark Wareing https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0968-5558
Appears in Collections:Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers

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