People, liminal spaces and experience: Understanding recontextualisation of knowledge for newly qualified nurses
Authors: Allan, H.T., Magnusson, C., Horton, K., Evans, K., Ball, E., Curtis, K. and Johnson, M.
Journal: Nurse Education Today
Volume: 35
Issue: 2
Pages: e78-e83
eISSN: 1532-2793
ISSN: 0260-6917
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.10.018
Abstract:Background: Little is known about how newly qualified nurses delegate to health care assistants when delivering bedside care. Aim: To explore newly qualified nurses' experiences of delegating to, and supervising, health care assistants. Design: Ethnographic case studies. Settings: In-patient wards in three English National Health Service (NHS) acute hospitals. Participants: 33 newly qualified nurses were observed, 10 health care assistants and 12 ward managers. Methods: Participant observation and in-depth interviews. Findings: We suggest that newly qualified nurses learn to delegate to, and supervise, health care assistants through re-working ('recontextualising') knowledge; and that this process occurs within a transitional ('liminal') space. Conclusions: Conceptualising learning in this way allows an understanding of the shift from student to newly qualified nurse and the associated interaction of people, space and experience. Using ethnographic case studies allows the experiences of those undergoing these transitions to be vocalised by the key people involved.
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People, liminal spaces and experience: understanding recontextualisation of knowledge for newly qualified nurses.
Authors: Allan, H.T., Magnusson, C., Horton, K., Evans, K., Ball, E., Curtis, K. and Johnson, M.
Journal: Nurse Educ Today
Volume: 35
Issue: 2
Pages: e78-e83
eISSN: 1532-2793
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.10.018
Abstract:BACKGROUND: Little is known about how newly qualified nurses delegate to health care assistants when delivering bedside care. AIM: To explore newly qualified nurses' experiences of delegating to, and supervising, health care assistants. DESIGN: Ethnographic case studies. SETTINGS: In-patient wards in three English National Health Service (NHS) acute hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: 33 newly qualified nurses were observed, 10 health care assistants and 12 ward managers. METHODS: Participant observation and in-depth interviews. FINDINGS: We suggest that newly qualified nurses learn to delegate to, and supervise, health care assistants through re-working (`recontextualising') knowledge; and that this process occurs within a transitional (`liminal') space. CONCLUSIONS: Conceptualising learning in this way allows an understanding of the shift from student to newly qualified nurse and the associated interaction of people, space and experience. Using ethnographic case studies allows the experiences of those undergoing these transitions to be vocalised by the key people involved.
Source: PubMed
People, liminal spaces and experience: understanding recontextualisation of knowledge for newly qualified nurses.
Authors: Allan, H.T., Magnusson, C., Horton, K., Evans, K., Ball, E., Curtis, K. and Johnson, M.
Journal: Nurse education today
Volume: 35
Issue: 2
Pages: e78-e83
eISSN: 1532-2793
ISSN: 0260-6917
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.10.018
Abstract:Background
Little is known about how newly qualified nurses delegate to health care assistants when delivering bedside care.Aim
To explore newly qualified nurses' experiences of delegating to, and supervising, health care assistants.Design
Ethnographic case studies.Settings
In-patient wards in three English National Health Service (NHS) acute hospitals.Participants
33 newly qualified nurses were observed, 10 health care assistants and 12 ward managers.Methods
Participant observation and in-depth interviews.Findings
We suggest that newly qualified nurses learn to delegate to, and supervise, health care assistants through re-working (`recontextualising') knowledge; and that this process occurs within a transitional (`liminal') space.Conclusions
Conceptualising learning in this way allows an understanding of the shift from student to newly qualified nurse and the associated interaction of people, space and experience. Using ethnographic case studies allows the experiences of those undergoing these transitions to be vocalised by the key people involved.Source: Europe PubMed Central