DOBROWOLSKA, Beata, Chiara VISINTINI, Andrea POKORNÁ, CCarla NASCIMENTO, Sonia FERRAO, Katarina ZIAKOVA, Andrea SOLGAJOVA, Lubica RYBAROVA, Michal MACHUL, Giulia Lunazzi GORIZZA and Alvisa PALESE. Exploring the meaning of night shift placement in nursing education: A European multicentre qualitative study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2020, vol. 112, Special issue DEC 2020, p. 1-11. ISSN 0020-7489. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103687.
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Original name Exploring the meaning of night shift placement in nursing education: A European multicentre qualitative study
Authors DOBROWOLSKA, Beata (616 Poland), Chiara VISINTINI (380 Italy), Andrea POKORNÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), CCarla NASCIMENTO (620 Portugal), Sonia FERRAO (620 Portugal), Katarina ZIAKOVA (703 Slovakia), Andrea SOLGAJOVA (703 Slovakia), Lubica RYBAROVA (703 Slovakia), Michal MACHUL (616 Poland), Giulia Lunazzi GORIZZA (380 Italy) and Alvisa PALESE (616 Poland, guarantor).
Edition INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2020, 0020-7489.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30307 Nursing
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 5.837
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/20:00117693
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103687
UT WoS 000600700000008
Keywords in English Clinical learning environment; Ethical implications; European study; Metaphors; Night placement; Night shift; Nursing students
Tags 14110611, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Background: An appropriate clinical learning environment has been identified as pivotal in nursing undergraduate education and should be planned responsibly. Specifically, night shifts placements have been documented as an important opportunity for developing a full understanding of the nursing profession and the whole process of nursing care. However, night shifts during placement have been reported to be stressful and anxiety-provoking, so their usefulness for nursing students is still debated. Objectives: To elicit nursing students' perceptions of night shift placement through metaphors, with the aim of discussing the pedagogical and ethical implications. Design: A descriptive qualitative study was performed based on metaphors collected in an international cross-sectional study in 2016. Settings: A network comprising five Bachelor of Nursing Science degrees located in the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Slovakia was established. Methods: A total of 907 out of 1347 eligible nursing students from the five European countries described their learning experience on night shifts using a metaphor. Results: Overall, 288/907 (31.7%) metaphors emerged as being negative-oriented and 137/907 (15.1%) as positive, while the remaining students (482; 53.2%) did not report any metaphors. In all five countries, negative metaphors prevailed: 'Wasting time' (37/288), 'Useless' (32/288) and 'Handyman' (22/288) were the most negative reported metaphors on working a night shift. However, doing a night shift is also perceived as a 'Learning opportunity' (22/137), a 'New experience' (20/137) and an 'Opportunity to socialize with the profession' (14/137) as underlined by the positive metaphors. Conclusions: Students perceive night shift placements mainly as a negative experience, which has little to do with education. While planning night shift placements, nursing educators should responsibly consider the whole process of education, analysing not only the learning outcomes that should be achieved but also the position of students and their experience as a person. Clinical mentoring can be a key resource in supporting students in transforming their night shift placements' experiences into a more meaningful or worthwhile experience. Moreover, night shifts should be offered to more experienced students, independent in their self-learning processes and capable of managing the limited possibility of interacting with other team members and patients. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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