Enhancing peer support for pre-registration students.
This article describes an innovation in one university in the south east of England designed to promote group identity and develop peer support among child branch nursing students. The innovation consisted of bringing all child branch students to the university twice a year to attend a study day and take part in peer-support groups. The 'Paediatric personal and professional development day' was first introduced in 2004 and was evaluated on a biannual basis over a four-year period. It was anticipated that one of the outcomes from the innovation would be to reduce attrition rates among child branch students, particularly in the common foundation programme.
Richardson
Brian
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Middlesex University.
Brown
Kate
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D002321:Career Choice; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010379:Peer Group; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012944:Social Support; D013192:Staff Development; D013338:Students, Nursing; D000078329:Workforce