Nurse Reflective Summary

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SUMMARY OF QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES The majority of Bachelor of Nursing (BN) Programme providers offer two Primary Health Care (PHC) and community placements, including one in the third year. • Public health nurses, district nurses, BHI and practice nurses were most widely used for PHC and community placement experiences. Providers used a creative range of nursing teams for PHC and community placements. • Theoretical components of the programme relating to PHC and community were largely delivered as a discrete module though some providers also embedded the PHC components throughout. Most providers taught PHC specific clinical skills. • The PHC content was generally taught by a combination of academic staff with PHC experience or background, together with current clinicians, that is, staff working in PHC clinical settings. …show more content…
• Key issues arising related to placement availability for increasing student numbers; the impact on staff taking a student and ensuring the PHC placements provided were valued. • The majority of respondents felt their programmes prepared students for work in PHC, with the remainder (two) undecided. Innovations identified • A revised curriculum to embed PHC concepts of health promotion and education throughout the programme and incorporating rest homes in the year three PHC placement to increase placement capacity. • Only third-year students who have identified an interest in PHC have a PHC placement for the Transition to Practice placement and then on to a new graduate programme. This ensures appropriate use of placements and helping the transition into a new role. • A hospital admission reduction pilot project team will be approached to offer PHC