Summary: Previous Clinical Experience

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Theme one: Previous clinical experience
Substantial studies have supported the findings that the previous clinical experience could impact on the choice of career of undergraduate nursing students in the future (Happell, 2008, pp. 849-850). All articles included in this review are primary research that discuss the influence of previous clinical experience to undergraduate nursing students career choice.
In a qualitative study done by Harrison et al. (2014, pp. 561-568), they have included and interviewed 192 registered nurses who were employed in a mental health facility in Australia. They explored the factors that motivated and inspired nurses who decided to work in a mental health field. The study showed that students satisfaction on their …show more content…

The longitudinal quantitative study explored the influence of professional qualifications and job values to their career choice with a sample of 290 students who are attending their final semester at two university in Norway. Author stated that several students preferred mental health after their clinical placement as it enhanced their skills on clinical and found that it challenged them professionally. However, only 71 participated and responded this could be potentially a weakness on the study as it would be difficult to generalise the findings to the wider population and the findings maybe flawed (Gerrish & Lacey, 2010, …show more content…

Happell and Gough’s quantitative study (2007, pp.72-81) examined 605 undergraduate students who were in their first mental health placement in Australia. They found out that students who does not want to pursue a career in mental health is due to their lack of preparation during clinical. They used an existing questionnaire design that was examined, adjusted and customised by a group of experts on mental health to measure the knowledge and attitudes of the participants This is considered a strength as the authors of this study used a reliable and validated questionnaire that was designed by mental health experts (Gerrish & Lacey, 2010,

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