The Lived Experience of Nurses Working with Student Nurses in the Clinical Environment

Authors

Donna Hathorn, Southeastern Louisiana UniversityFollow
Krisanna Machtmes, Louisiana State UniversityFollow
Ken Tillman, Southeastern Louisiana UniversityFollow

Abstract

One response to the nursing shortage is to increase promotion and retention in nursing programs: However, negative attitudes of nurses threaten student progression and retention. A phenomenological study explored the lived experience of nurses who worked with student nurses to discover what attitudes nurses had toward student nurses and how negative attitudes were developed. One time semi-structured informal audio taped interviews were conducted with six nurses. Data analysis identified the emerging themes as professional socialization attitudes, beliefs about nursing education, role expectations, and motivational deterrent, and communication factors. Findings suggest collaborative strategies to reduce negative attitudes and promote positive, professional socialization behaviours of nurses toward student nurses in the clinical environment.

Keywords

Clinical Environment, Professional Socialization, Phenomenology, Nurses, and Student Nurses

Publication Date

6-1-2009

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2009.1381

Recommended APA Citation

Hathorn, D., Machtmes, K., & Tillman, K. (2009). The Lived Experience of Nurses Working with Student Nurses in the Clinical Environment. The Qualitative Report, 14(2), 227-244. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2009.1381