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Exploring and improving student engagement in an accelerated undergraduate nursing program through a mentoring partnership: An action research study
Bramble, Marguerite Maxwell, Hazel Einboden, Rochelle Farington, Sally Say, Richard Beh, Chin Liang Stankiewicz, Grace Munro, Graham Marembo, Esther Rickard, Greg
Bramble, Marguerite
Maxwell, Hazel
Einboden, Rochelle
Farington, Sally
Say, Richard
Beh, Chin Liang
Stankiewicz, Grace
Munro, Graham
Marembo, Esther
Rickard, Greg
Abstract
This Participatory Action Research (PAR) project aimed to engage students from an accelerated 'fast track' nursing program in a mentoring collaboration, using an interdisciplinary partnership intervention with a group of academics. Student participants represented the disciplines of nursing and paramedicine with a high proportion of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students. Nine student mentors were recruited and paired with academics for a three-month ‘mentorship partnership’ intervention. Data from two pre-intervention workshops and a post-intervention workshop were coded in NVivo11 using thematic analysis. Drawing on social inclusion theory, a qualitative analysis explored an iteration of themes across each action cycle. Emergent themes were: 1) ‘building relationships for active engagement’, 2) ‘voicing cultural and social hierarchies’, and 3) ‘enacting collegiate community’. The study offers insights into issues for contemporary accelerated course delivery with a diverse student population and highlights future strategies to foster effective student engagement.
Keywords
nursing; student engagement; social inclusion; diversity
Date
2018
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
Book
Volume
15
Issue
1
Page Range
1-12
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Controlled