Creating supportive clinical learning environments: an intervention study.

Aim: To assess the impact of an intervention aimed to build capacity of registered nurses to enhance the clinical learning environment for undergraduate nursing students. Workplace learning is vital for the development of skills, attributes and knowledge of student nurses. Registered nurses need to be appropriately prepared to maximise student learning during clinical placement.

Enabling student placement through strategic partnerships between a health-care organization and tertiary institutions.

Nursing management needs to demonstrate its commitment to clinical education for undergraduate nursing students. The vision for the nursing leadership and management team at Princess Alexandra Hospital is to guide and support the development of hospital clinicians, at all levels in the organization, to effectively facilitate undergraduate students' learning during their clinical practical experiences. This paper examines the evolution of the meaning, commitment and practices that have been intrinsic to the development of strategic partnerships between the health-care organization and tertiary institutions to ensure that hospital staff who consistently facilitate student learning in the clinical context are well supported.

Pre-test and post-test evaluation of students' perceptions of a collaborative clinical education model on the learning environment.

Objective: This study investigated the impact of a collaborative clinical education model on students' perception of the psycho-social learning environment.

Design: A pre-test and post-test quasi experimental design.

Setting: A tertiary referral centre.

Students' perception of the psycho-social clinical learning environment: an evaluation of placement models.

Nursing is a practice based discipline. A supportive environment has been identified as important for the transfer of learning in the clinical context. The aim of the paper was to assess undergraduate nurses' perceptions of the psychosocial characteristics of clinical learning environments within three different clinical placement models.

Enhancing support for nursing students in the clinical setting.

Quality clinical placement experiences are essential for effective student learning. Key factors that can influence this experience are students not feeling welcome in the clinical setting and limited opportunities for them to engage in learning. From a review of the literature and of personal experiences, this paper presents some guidelines that can be introduced at local level without requiring additional resources in order to improve students' experiences.