The perceptions/views of nursing students, nurse educators and unit supervisors on accompaniment of nursing students in the clinical setting

• Main Author: Lekhuleni, Esther Masamo
• Other Authors: Ehlers, Valerie Janet, 1948-
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Accompanimnet; Clinical teaching; Facilitation; Mentorship; Perceptions; Role modelling; Supervision; Teaching strategies; Learning contract; 610.73072; Nursing > Research > South Africa > Northern Province; Nursing > Study and teaching (Continuing education) > South Africa > Northern Province; Nursing students > South Africa > Northern Province
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1042

The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions/views of student nurses, nurse educators and unit supervisors on accompaniment of student nurses in clinical settings of the Northern Province of the RSA A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey was used in this study to describe the perceptions/views of student nurses, nurse educators and unit supervisors on apcompaniment of student nurses in clinical settings. Data was collected during February and March 200 I when student nurses, nurse educators and unit supervisors in the Northern Province completed questionnaires. The study revealed positive and negative perceptions regarding accompaniment of student nurses in clinical settings, including that: • accompaniment in the clinical settings enhanced student nurses' clinical learning experiences • the presence of nurse educators in the clinical settings improved student nurses' accompaniment • facilitators played an important role in the accompaniment of student nurses • accompaniment enhances correlation of theory and practice === Health Studies === MA (Advanced Nursing Sciences)