Hybrid education in remote nursing placements in Australia: A descriptive qualitative study
Tracks
Concurrent Stream 2
| Friday, October 18, 2024 |
| 12:30 PM - 12:35 PM |
| Tuscan Room |
Overview
Taneal Wiseman
Speaker
Dr Taneal Wiseman
Academic
University Of Sydney
Hybrid education in remote nursing placements in Australia: A descriptive qualitative study.
12:30 PM - 12:35 PMAbstract
Background
Australia’s vast geography and nurse shortages in rural and remote areas offer unique opportunities for undergraduate nurses. Extended placements for Bachelor of Nursing students boost work readiness, improve assessment skills, and increase the likelihood of practicing in these areas post-registration.
Objectives
To understand the impact of Hybrid delivery for nursing curriculum in undergraduate nurses on an immersive Extended Nursing Placement Program (ENPP) in remote New South Wales (NSW).
Participants
Participants were recruited from a major tertiary institution in NSW. Three groups were included; 1) Third year BN students who received online tutorials whilst on ENPP; 2) Third year BN students attending face-to-face tutorials on campus with their peers online; 3) academics delivering Hybrid tutorials synchronously to both groups.
All ENPP students had primary health care placements. Two students were at an Aboriginal Health Service, triaging and treating. One student was at a nurse-led health service, managing ambulance, the emergency department and coordinating with the RFDS retrieval team. Other students were paced in community facilities managing a range of needs.
Methods
Descriptive qualitative design.
Focus group interviews conducted face-to-face and online. A process of thematic analysis generated themes and findings.
Findings
Twelve participants. Academics (n=4), ENPP students (n=7) and one on campus student. The main theme- ‘Bridging the hybrid gap’ encompasses two sub-themes: I) separation, and ii) adaptation.
‘Separation’ describes ENPP students feelings of geographic, emotional, experiential, and academic disconnect from on-campus students.
‘Adaptation’ details strategies used by both academics and students to adjust to hybrid learning while developing their knowledge and skills.
Conclusions
Evolving learning technologies offer significant opportunities for nursing education, especially to attract registered nurses to ED roles in rural and remote Australia. To effectively ‘bridge the hybrid gap’ and draw new nurses to these areas, we must enhance education design and encourage mutual knowledge sharing.
Australia’s vast geography and nurse shortages in rural and remote areas offer unique opportunities for undergraduate nurses. Extended placements for Bachelor of Nursing students boost work readiness, improve assessment skills, and increase the likelihood of practicing in these areas post-registration.
Objectives
To understand the impact of Hybrid delivery for nursing curriculum in undergraduate nurses on an immersive Extended Nursing Placement Program (ENPP) in remote New South Wales (NSW).
Participants
Participants were recruited from a major tertiary institution in NSW. Three groups were included; 1) Third year BN students who received online tutorials whilst on ENPP; 2) Third year BN students attending face-to-face tutorials on campus with their peers online; 3) academics delivering Hybrid tutorials synchronously to both groups.
All ENPP students had primary health care placements. Two students were at an Aboriginal Health Service, triaging and treating. One student was at a nurse-led health service, managing ambulance, the emergency department and coordinating with the RFDS retrieval team. Other students were paced in community facilities managing a range of needs.
Methods
Descriptive qualitative design.
Focus group interviews conducted face-to-face and online. A process of thematic analysis generated themes and findings.
Findings
Twelve participants. Academics (n=4), ENPP students (n=7) and one on campus student. The main theme- ‘Bridging the hybrid gap’ encompasses two sub-themes: I) separation, and ii) adaptation.
‘Separation’ describes ENPP students feelings of geographic, emotional, experiential, and academic disconnect from on-campus students.
‘Adaptation’ details strategies used by both academics and students to adjust to hybrid learning while developing their knowledge and skills.
Conclusions
Evolving learning technologies offer significant opportunities for nursing education, especially to attract registered nurses to ED roles in rural and remote Australia. To effectively ‘bridge the hybrid gap’ and draw new nurses to these areas, we must enhance education design and encourage mutual knowledge sharing.
Biography
Taneal is an acute care lecturer at the University of Sydney and the post graduate Advance Nursing Practice (ANP) stream coordinator for all ANP courses. She has broad and extensive clinical nursing experience and since completing her PhD in 2016, Taneal has published a large range of both clinical and educational focussed research and a number of textbook chapters in an international leading text. Taneal has been invited as a guest speaker for several national and international conferences with the most recent being the International Conference of Nursing Scholars (ICoNS) in Finland in 2023.
