title: Pitfalls, perils and payments: service user, carers and teaching staff perceptions of the barriers to involvement in nursing education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is an impetus to involve service users and carers in the education of nurses and a general consensus in the literature about the benefits that this brings to all involved. Whilst these benefits are well rehearsed in the literature there is little written about the potential barriers to service user and carer involvement in nurse education.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to investigate service users, carers and staff views on the potential barriers to becoming engaged in nurse education.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative study using focus group discussions (FGD) was used to canvas the views of service users, carers and teaching staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  A large school of nursing in the North West of England.
  
  
  METHODS
  38 service users and carers recruited from the North West of England and 23 nursing and midwifery teachers and lecturers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Focus group discussions were employed as the main data collection method. The data were analysed using thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six themes occurred in the data as being negatively associated with potential and actual involvement: not knowing the context of the group, lack of preparation of the group, not being supported, not being allowed to be real, not receiving feedback, not being paid appropriately.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The process of involvement is not without difficulties. These data show that some consideration needs to be given to the potential barriers to involvement if the engagement of service users and carers is to be effective.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom. shaun.speed@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Shaun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Speed
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horne
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keeley
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010358:Patient Participation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*