Will you stay or will you go?: The role of incidental learning within a liminal space in shaping student nurses' perceptions of nursing

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International Journal of Training and Development Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI:10.1111/ijtd.12338

Louise Nagle, Juliet Mc Mahon, Mary Fitzpatrick

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Abstract

Currently, in Ireland, there is a high rate of attrition among newly qualified student nurses. This paper specifically seeks to provide insights into this issue through an exploration of the experiences and perceptions of clinical placement from a sample of student nurses and preceptors in Ireland through the conceptual lenses of both incidental learning and liminality. We conclude that the power of incidental learning on students transversing a liminal space should not be underestimated and that in our study the surrounding context of support (particularly from preceptors) was critical. Incidental learning around aspects of organization culture and hierarchy that caused dissonance for students emerged as a consistent outcome. So too did time and resource pressure on preceptors due to staffing shortages which, in turn, impacted negatively on workplace learning opportunities beyond routine incidental learning and support available to students to constructively make sense of their experiences. We argue that results from this study can inform not just nurse education but may also give pause for thought to those responsible for professions which have substantial work placement aspects as part of their qualifying route such as apprenticeships.

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你是去还是留？边缘空间中的偶然学习在塑造护士学生护理观念中的作用

目前，在爱尔兰，新获得资格的护士学生流失率很高。本文从附带学习和边缘性这两个概念角度出发，通过对爱尔兰护士学生和实习生的临床实习经历和感悟进行探讨，试图对这一问题提出自己的见解。我们得出的结论是，不应低估附带学习对跨越边缘空间的学生的影响，在我们的研究中，周围环境的支持（尤其是来自戒护者的支持）至关重要。围绕组织文化和等级制度的附带学习给学生带来了不和谐的感觉，这是一个一致的结果。同时，由于人手不足，戒酒师也面临着时间和资源压力，这反过来又对工作场所的学习机会产生了负面影响，而这些学习机会并不局限于常规的偶发学习，也不局限于为学生提供支持以建设性地理解他们的经历。我们认为，这项研究的结果不仅可以为护士教育提供参考，也可以让那些负责将大量工作实习作为其资格认证途径一部分的专业（如学徒制）的负责人深思。

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International Journal of Training and Development MANAGEMENT-

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期刊介绍： Increasing international competition has led governments and corporations to focus on ways of improving national and corporate economic performance. The effective use of human resources is seen as a prerequisite, and the training and development of employees as paramount. The growth of training and development as an academic subject reflects its growth in practice. The International Journal of Training and Development is an international forum for the reporting of high-quality, original, empirical research. Multidisciplinary, international and comparative, the journal publishes research which ranges from the theoretical, conceptual and methodological to more policy-oriented types of work. The scope of the Journal is training and development, broadly defined. This includes: The determinants of training specifying and testing the explanatory variables which may be related to training identifying and analysing specific factors which give rise to a need for training and development as well as the processes by which those needs become defined, for example, training needs analysis the need for performance improvement the training and development implications of various performance improvement techniques, such as appraisal and assessment the analysis of competence Training and development practice the design, development and delivery of training the learning and development process itself competency-based approaches evaluation: the relationship between training and individual, corporate and macroeconomic performance Policy and strategy organisational aspects of training and development public policy issues questions of infrastructure issues relating to the training and development profession The Journal’s scope encompasses both corporate and public policy analysis. International and comparative work is particularly welcome, as is research which embraces emerging issues and developments.