title: Giving students the confidence to take part.
abstract: This article discusses whether nursing students can gain confidence and become accepted as members of the team in their first clinical placement. The topic emerged from a study looking at the experiences of a cohort of diploma-level nursing students undertaking a general training programme. Six 45-minute interviews were conducted in a large teaching hospital in Dublin. The results indicated that by demonstrating procedures repeatedly nurses can accelerate a student's ability to become a productive member of the ward team.
authors.affiliation: Trinity College, University of Dublin.
authors.forename: Raph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D008611:Mentors; D009726:Nurses; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom