TY - JOUR
T1 - Work-engaged nurses for a better clinical learning environment
T2 - A ward-level analysis
AU - Tomietto, Marco
AU - Comparcini, Dania
AU - Simonetti, Valentina
AU - Pelusi, Gilda
AU - Troiani, Silvano
AU - Saarikoski, Mikko
AU - Cicolini, Giancarlo
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Aim
To correlate workgroup engagement in nursing teams and the clinical learning experience of nursing students.
Background
Work engagement plays a pivotal role in explaining motivational dynamics. Nursing education is workplace-based and, through their clinical placements, nursing students develop both their clinical competences and their professional identity. However, there is currently a lack of evidence on the role of work engagement related to students’ learning experiences.
Methods
A total of 519 nurses and 519 nursing students were enrolled in hospital settings. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) was used to assess work engagement, and the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision plus nurse Teacher (CLES+T) scale was used to assess students’ learning experience. A multilevel linear regression analysis was performed.
Results
Group-level work engagement of nurses correlated with students’ clinical learning experience (β = 0.11, P < 0.001). Specifically, the ‘absorption’ and ‘dedication’ factors mostly contributed to enhancing clinical learning (respectively, β = 0.37, P < 0.001 and β = 0.20, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Nursing teams’ work engagement is an important motivational factor to enhance effective nursing education.
Implication for nursing management
Nursing education institutions and health-care settings need to conjointly work to build effective organisational climates. The results highlighted the importance of considering the group-level analysis to understand the most effective strategies of intervention for both organisations and nursing education.
AB - Aim
To correlate workgroup engagement in nursing teams and the clinical learning experience of nursing students.
Background
Work engagement plays a pivotal role in explaining motivational dynamics. Nursing education is workplace-based and, through their clinical placements, nursing students develop both their clinical competences and their professional identity. However, there is currently a lack of evidence on the role of work engagement related to students’ learning experiences.
Methods
A total of 519 nurses and 519 nursing students were enrolled in hospital settings. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) was used to assess work engagement, and the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision plus nurse Teacher (CLES+T) scale was used to assess students’ learning experience. A multilevel linear regression analysis was performed.
Results
Group-level work engagement of nurses correlated with students’ clinical learning experience (β = 0.11, P < 0.001). Specifically, the ‘absorption’ and ‘dedication’ factors mostly contributed to enhancing clinical learning (respectively, β = 0.37, P < 0.001 and β = 0.20, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Nursing teams’ work engagement is an important motivational factor to enhance effective nursing education.
Implication for nursing management
Nursing education institutions and health-care settings need to conjointly work to build effective organisational climates. The results highlighted the importance of considering the group-level analysis to understand the most effective strategies of intervention for both organisations and nursing education.
KW - clinical learning environment
KW - multilevel analysis
KW - nursing
KW - ward-team
KW - work engagement
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U2 - 10.1111/jonm.12346
DO - 10.1111/jonm.12346
M3 - Article
VL - 24
SP - 475
EP - 482
JO - Journal of Nursing Management
JF - Journal of Nursing Management
SN - 0966-0429
IS - 4
ER -