Nurse Educ Pract. 2021 Aug;55:103150. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103150. Epub 2021 Jul 14.
Clinical sympathy - A mixed method study of the relationship between the clinical nurse educator and the graduate nurse.
Nurse education in practice
Tracey H Coventry, Kylie P Russell
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- School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Henry Street, Fremantle 6160, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
- School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Henry Street, Fremantle 6160, Western Australia, Australia.
PMID: 34293705
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103150
Abstract
AIM/OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to investigate the influence of the supernumerary clinical nurse educator role on the newly qualified graduate nurses' professional development and successful transition to competent and confident practitioners in the acute care hospital environment.
BACKGROUND: The novice nurses learning in the inpatient clinical environment is affected by increasing patient acuity, complex conditions and organisational expectations. The supernumerary clinical nurse educator is uniquely positioned to prioritise these nurses' education through protected and available time to support adaption in the workplace culture and retention in the organisation.
DESIGN: A convergent mixed methods design was used to investigate the relationship between the supernumerary clinical nurse educator role through the opinions and experiences of the graduate nurse.
METHODS: Data were collected in February - July 2015 from graduate nurses from three hospital sites in a healthcare organisation in Western Australia. The research used online questionnaires (n = 39) and face to face interviews (n = 10). Analysis of quantitative data used descriptive statistics and qualitative data used thematic analysis.
RESULTS: Four main themes were identified. These were: acknowledges new and challenging experiences, available to provide constructive responses, sympathises with anxiety and missing in action.
CONCLUSION: The graduate registered nurses perceived that clinical sympathy provided by the clinical nurse educator was essential to their new role of frontline nurses influencing their delivery of quality patient care and as a practical solution to champion the graduate nurses' longevity in the future nursing workforce.
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Keywords: Clinical nurse educator; Clinical sympathy; First year of nursing; Graduate nurse; Mixed methods; Professional development; Transition to practice
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