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A peer learning intervention targeting newly graduated nurses: a feasibility study with a descriptive design based on Medical Research Council framework
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Caring science. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala,Sweden. (Vårdvetenskap)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5436-3566
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Caring science. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala,Sweden; Nursing Department, Medicine and Health College, Lishui University, China. (Vårdvetenskap)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9912-5350
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Surgical Sciences, Thoracic Surgery Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. (Vårdvetenskap)
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Caring science. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala,Sweden. (Vårdvetenskap)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1185-061x
2018 (English)In: Journal of Advanced Nursing, ISSN 0309-2402, E-ISSN 1365-2648, Vol. 74, no 5, p. 1127-1138Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

AIMS:

To describe the feasibility of a peer learning intervention targeting newly graduated nurses. Feasibility was tested concerning consistency of the theoretical description of peer learning with empirical findings in a new context, compliance and acceptability, as well as usability of a questionnaire measuring the intended future outcome variables.

BACKGROUND:

Newly graduated nurses who meet, socialize and share experiences have described supporting each other's ability to cope with stress. Peer learning involves individuals in a similar situation learning from and with each other through interaction. When implementing new interventions, feasibility studies are used to minimize problems in future evaluation studies.

DESIGN:

Quasi-experimental design with an intervention group, followed over time using descriptive methods. The study was based on the Medical Research Council framework.

METHODS:

Repeated semi-structured interviews, a checklist for fidelity and a questionnaire were conducted with 10 newly graduated nurses from January - March 2015. The intervention's main component included pairs of newly graduated nurses working the same shift and having joint responsibility for a group of patients for a period of three weeks. The intervention also included three months of regular reflection by the pair.

FINDINGS:

Using deductive analysis, the peer learning intervention was found to be consistent with the theoretical description. Due to the compliance and acceptability, there were lessons learned. The tested questionnaire was found to be useful.

CONCLUSIONS: This peer learning intervention seems to be feasible in this context. The present study will serve as the basis for a future full-scale evaluation study.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. Vol. 74, no 5, p. 1127-1138
Keywords [en]
acceptability, compliance; feasibility; intervention; newly graduated nurses; peer learning; process evaluation
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
Health-Promoting Work
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-25509DOI: 10.1111/jan.13513ISI: 000430121900015PubMedID: 29193242Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85045520168OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-25509DiVA, id: diva2:1155872
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Lärandets drivkraftAvailable from: 2017-11-09 Created: 2017-11-09 Last updated: 2022-09-19Bibliographically approved
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1. A pathway into the profession: The use, feasibility and outcomes of a peer learning intervention for nursing students and newly graduated nurses
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A pathway into the profession: The use, feasibility and outcomes of a peer learning intervention for nursing students and newly graduated nurses
2020 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The overall aim of present thesis was to study the use, feasibility and outcomes of a peer learning intervention for nursing students and new graduates, including studies using a quasi-experimental (Study I and III), descriptive (Study II) and mixed-methods (Study IV) design. Data were collected using questionnaires, observations, checklists for intervention fidelity, individual interviews and group interviews. When studying peer learning outcomes among nursing students, peer learning seems to have a significant interaction effect on self-efficacy, based on a comparison of changes over time between the intervention (n=42) and comparison (n=28) groups. Studying each group separately over time, significant improvements were found in the intervention group on thirteen of the twenty variables, whereas the comparison group improved on four (Study I). Observations of how nursing students (n=16) used peer learning revealed that the student pairs collaborated to different extents and in different ways. All students were observed practicing several competencies together (Study II). Testing the peer learning model in new graduates’ workplace introduction (n=10) revealed that new graduates’ descriptions of peer learning were consistent with the theoretical description (Study III). Feasibility was tested in relation to compliance and acceptability, and lessons were learned. In Study IV, fidelity to the intervention was generally good. When first-line managers (n=8) described their perception of using the peer learning intervention with new graduates, predominantly positive outcomes were expressed. When examining the effect of peer learning in workplace introduction for newly graduated nurses (n=35), it was difficult to draw any conclusions due to recruitment problems (Study IV). The conclusions is that peer learning is a useful model for nursing students’ that seems to improve self-efficacy more than traditional supervision does. The model gives nursing students opportunities to practice several competencies on each other, and these competencies, e.g., leadership and organizational skills are useful in their future profession. The students practice teaching and supervision skills on each other, which seems to be a natural part of the peer relationship. Peer learning in the context of new graduates’ workplace introduction describes in a way consistent with the theoretical description of peer learning outcomes thus, also here it seems as a useful model. When developing and testing new interventions such as peer learning, it is important to do so systematically to minimize problems when conducting an evaluation, where the MRC framework can be useful. First-line managers generally expressed a positive attitude toward the peer learning model.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2020. p. 82
Series
Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine, ISSN 1651-6206 ; 1623
Keywords
Clinical practice education, Intervention, Newly graduated nurses, Nursing students, Peer learning, Workplace introduction.
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-34599 (URN)978-91-513-0837-1 (ISBN)
Public defence
2020-02-18, Universitetshuset, Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala, 13:00 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2021-01-05 Created: 2020-12-21 Last updated: 2021-01-05Bibliographically approved

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