Abstract
The availability of community practice placements for children's nursing students has come under pressure due to workforce constraints, such as staff shortages, and the ongoing effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has limited students' access to clinical environments. This service evaluation details a pilot project where the authors co-designed, with parent service users, and implemented a novel approach to practice placements for registered nurse degree apprenticeship (RNDA) in child nursing students. The Welcome to Our World project linked students with a family for an eight-week period to enable the students to learn about children's unique needs from parents who are 'experts by experience'. Evaluation of the project demonstrated numerous benefits for the students and the families involved, and expanded local practice placement capacity, thereby reducing the pressure on traditional practice placement settings. [Abstract copyright: © 2025 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.]
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nursing Children and Young People |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2025 |
Keywords
- parents
- child health
- practice learning
- pre-registration education
- innovation
- education
- clinical placements
- service evaluation
- community care
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