title: Senior-led freshman groups: a strategy for professional development.
abstract: Faculty members are challenged to promote professional nurse development in undergraduate students. The authors discuss an experimental teaching/learning strategy for senior nursing students and groups of freshman students in a baccalaureate nursing program. This strategy provided a unique opportunity for professional role socialization and school integration in first-year students and increased competence in teaching skills and confidence as professional role models in the seniors. Based on evaluations by the participants, the experimental teaching strategy was a positive experience for both freshman and senior students.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lachat
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D010379:Peer Group; D011361:Professional Competence; D012380:Role; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing