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The transition experience of Enrolled Nurses to a Bachelor of Nursing at an Australian university.
- Source :
- Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession; 2011, Vol. 38 Issue 1-2, p191-200, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
-
Abstract
- Endorsed Enrolled Nurses (EENs) articulating from diploma level to Bachelor of Nursing (BN) studies at university experience many transitional barriers. Flexible credit arrangements can create further difficulties because students may enter directly into the second year of a degree program, thus foregoing supportive interventions targeting first year students. This qualitative study explored the transitional barriers faced by EENs articulating to the second year of a BN program and the processes employed to adapt to the university learning environment. Lizzio's (2006) Five Senses of Success Model provided a framework for data analysis. Lizzio's model highlights how students' success at university depends on their sense of purpose, capability, resourcefulness, connectedness and academic culture. This study revealed EENs grapple with their dual identity, have difficulty reconciling their academic and clinical competence, and struggle to assimilate to the academic learning environment. Findings illuminate the importance of tailoring orientation and engagement activities to the specific transitional needs of articulating students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC achievement
CHANGE
COLLEGE students
CONCEPTUAL structures
CORPORATE culture
EMPLOYEES
EXPERIENCE
FOCUS groups
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
NURSES
NURSING schools
NURSING students
RESEARCH funding
SCHOOL environment
SOCIAL role
STUDENTS
QUALITATIVE research
SOCIAL support
DIPLOMAS (Education)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10376178
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 1-2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104703567
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.2011.38.1-2.191