Collegian Clinical Placements and readiness for practice

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Undergraduate nursing students are pivotal to ongoing replenishment and building of the nursing workforce. Clinical placements are integral to preparing students for their graduate practice. Over decades, much has been written about clinical placements and graduate readiness for practice with perpetuated discussion around theory-practice gaps and inabilities of graduates ‘to hit the floor running’. Given the extent of research around these phenomena, the question is raised about whether educators and administrators are reading the research and seeking to implement the findings. Hence, this virtual special issue seeks to bring to the fore previous research published in Collegian around clinical placements and readiness for practice. It brings together a collection from many years of relevant work that remain relevant to education today.

Much research has sought to increase the experience of students on placements to enhance the likelihood of them being well supported and retained in the profession. It has long been recognised that students can experience negative behaviours from clinical staff, impacting on their learning. Budden et al. (2017) explored the experiences of Australian nursing students related to bullying and harassment.

Nursing is a global profession. There is a need to prepare students for working in diverse settings and with to work effectively with diverse multicultural groups. I am pleased to provide a selection of papers from previous editions of Collegian that has dealt with important issues relating to this area.

Teaching and supporting nursing students on clinical placements: Doing the right thing

Carina Anderson, Lorna Moxham, Marc Broadbent

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.06.005

Collegian, Vol. 25, Issue 2, p231–235

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Australian nursing students’ experience of bullying and/or harassment during clinical placement

Lea M. Budden, Melanie Birks, Robyn Cant, Tracy Bagley, Tanya Park

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2015.11.004

Collegian, Vol. 24, Issue 2, p125–133

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A phenomenological study of student nurses volunteering in Nepal: Have their experiences altered their understanding of nursing?

Karen Coatsworth, John Hurley, Kolleen Miller-Rosser

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2016.07.003

Collegian, Vol. 24, Issue 4, p339–344

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Satisfaction with clinical placement – The perspective of nursing students from multiple universities

Scott Lamont, Scott Brunero, Karen P. Woods

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2013.12.005

Collegian, Vol. 22, Issue 1, p125–133

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Nursing students’ experiences of clinical placement in community settings: A qualitative study

Kath Peters, Susan McInnes, Elizabeth Halcomb

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2015.03.001

Collegian, Vol. 22, Issue 2, p175–181

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Undergraduate student nurses’ self-reported preparedness for practice

Cindy Woods, Caryn West, Jane Mills, Tanya Park, Joanne Southern, Kim Usher

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2014.05.003

Collegian, Vol. 22, Issue 4, p359–368

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Is there a relationship between the diversity characteristics of nursing students and their clinical placement experiences? A literature review

Jane Koch, Bronwyn Everett, Jane Phillips, Patricia M. Davidson

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2014.03.007

Collegian, Vol. 22, Issue 3, p307–318

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Building capacity for the clinical placement of nursing students

Tony Barnett, Merylin Cross, Elisabeth Jacob, Lina Shahwan-Akl, Anthony Welch, Alison Caldwell, Robyn Berry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2008.02.002

Collegian, Vol. 15, Issue 2, p55–61

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The lure of the bush: Do rural placements influence student nurses to seek employment in rural settings?

Jackie Lea, Mary Cruickshank, Penny Paliadelis, Glenda Parmenter, Helena Sanderson, Patricia Thornberry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2008.02.004

Collegian, Vol. 15, Issue 2, p77–82

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Clinical placements and readiness for practice

Teaching and supporting nursing students on clinical placements: Doing the right thing

Australian nursing students’ experience of bullying and/or harassment during clinical placement

A phenomenological study of student nurses volunteering in Nepal: Have their experiences altered their understanding of nursing?

Satisfaction with clinical placement – The perspective of nursing students from multiple universities

Nursing students’ experiences of clinical placement in community settings: A qualitative study

Undergraduate student nurses’ self-reported preparedness for practice

Is there a relationship between the diversity characteristics of nursing students and their clinical placement experiences? A literature review

Building capacity for the clinical placement of nursing students

The lure of the bush: Do rural placements influence student nurses to seek employment in rural settings?