Becoming a Nurse

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Nurse Education in Practice xxx (2013) 1e7 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Nurse Education in Practice journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/nepr Becoming a caring nurse e A Nordic study on students’ learning and development in clinical education Ann-Helén Sandvik a, b, *, Katie Eriksson a,1, Yvonne Hilli b, 2 a b Department of Social Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, PB 311, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland Department of Social and Health Care, Novia University of Applied Sciences, Sarjakatu 2, FIN-65320 Vaasa, Finland a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Accepted 2 November 2013 Keywords: Learning Development Clinical placement Student nurse a b s t r a c t The aim of this study was to elucidate the meaning and deepen the understanding of student learning and development in becoming a nurse. Data were collected from focus group interviews with students from three different universities and analysed using a phenomenologicalehermeneutical method. The comprehensive understanding of student learning and development in becoming a nurse resulted in two constituents: the prerequisites for learning and development, and itineraries for learning and development. The prerequisites consisted of a caring relationship as the foundation for learning and development, and will and motivation for learning and development. The itineraries for learning and development involved pushing boundaries through challenges and support, and of a synthesis of theory and praxis through reflection. Caring relationships can be seen as the foundation for student learning and development and as a prerequisite for becoming a nurse. Learning is not merely a skills-acquisition procedure but a transforming experience for students, who feel that their whole existence has been altered. It is time to move beyond examining student learning and development merely from an epistemological

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