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Strengthening Workforce Relationships: Developing Practice Learning

  • Stephen Timmons , Jacqueline Randle and Jennifer R Park
Published/Copyright: April 4, 2005
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
From the journal International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Volume 2 Issue 1

A joint partnership between a University and its local hospitals developed and implemented Practice Learning Teams (PLTs) to enhance student nurse learning experiences. In order to achieve this, PLTs arrived at clear aims and purposes, with educators and nurses working collaboratively and being jointly responsible for the quality of students’ placement experience. This study occurred after a year of implementation, and a range of stakeholders were interviewed in order to evaluate perceived effectiveness. Findings of this report suggest the majority of respondents thought PLTs should be retained, recognising that they were new, and thus required development. There was a clear difference between effective and ineffective PLTs. Effective teams were considered to support the students’ practice-based learning and mentors, while providing a forum for sharing ‘good practice’, discussion and problem solving. Less effective teams were characterised by having a low attendance or a membership that lacked enthusiasm and/or willingness to participate.

Keywords: Practice learning teams; partnerships; student learning; initiative.
Published Online: 2005-4-4

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https://doi.org/10.2202/1548-923X.1118
Keywords for this article
Practice learning teams; partnerships; student learning; initiative.

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Editorial
  2. Extending The Evidence Base For Nursing Education
  3. Article
  4. Promoting Clinical Reasoning in Undergraduate Nursing Students: Application and Evaluation of the Outcome Present State Test (OPT) Model of Clinical Reasoning
  5. Transforming Nursing Education: A Partnership Social System for Alignment with Philosophies of Care
  6. Is Plagiarism Creating an Opportunity for the Development of New Assessment Strategies?
  7. Teaching Nursing Students to Assess and Intervene for Domestic Violence
  8. Strengthening Workforce Relationships: Developing Practice Learning
  9. Implementing and Evaluating a Culturally-Focused Curriculum in a Collaborative Graduate Nursing Program
  10. Journaling; An Active Learning Technique
  11. Post-master's Certificate in Nursing Education
  12. Validation of the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision Scale
  13. PDAs Bring Information Competence to the Point-of-Care
  14. An Inventory of Nursing Education Research
  15. Scholarly Teaching and Scholarship of Teaching: Noting the Difference
  16. Recruitment and Retention of Minority Students: Diversity in Nursing Education
  17. Helping Baccalaureate Nursing Students Care for the Wellbeing of Older Adults
  18. "Surviving": Registered Nurses' Experiences in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program
  19. Addressing Complex Health Issues: Developing Contextual Knowing through Sequenced Writing and Presentations
  20. Learning from Experience: Three Community Health Population-Based Outreach Projects for Graduate and Undergraduate Students
  21. Challenges and Opportunities of International Clinical Practica
  22. Graduate Students' Perceptions of the Practice of Posting Scholarly Work to an Online Class Forum: Balancing the Rhetorical Triangle
  23. Educating Nurses for the Knowledge Economy
  24. The Process of Master's Education in Nursing: Evolution or Revolution?
  25. Goal Orientation and its Relationship to Academic Success in a Laptop-based BScN Program
  26. Enriching Clinical Learning Experiences in Community Health Nursing Through the Use of Discussion Boards
  27. Perspectives of Latin American Nursing Professors and Leaders About Research Competencies Needed by Nurses with Different Levels of Academic Preparation
  28. Depression, Stress, Emotional Support, and Self-Esteem among Baccalaureate Nursing Students in Thailand
  29. A Tri-Level HIV-Prevention Educational Intervention
  30. The Strength of Rural Nursing: Implications for Undergraduate Nursing Education
  31. Narratives of Social Justice: Learning in Innovative Clinical Settings
  32. Web-Enhanced and Face-to-Face Classroom Instructional Methods: Effects on Course Outcomes and Student Satisfaction
  33. Evaluation of a Clinical Teaching Method Involving Stories
  34. Using Education to Promote Research Dissemination in Nursing
  35. Perspectives of Nursing Education in Poland
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