Enhancing perceived leadership of nursing students through a student-led dedicated education unit in a community setting: a feasibility study
Author
De Juan Pardo, M. Ángeles
Vissandjee, Bilkis
Guillaumet Olives, Montserrat
Cerezuela Torre, M. Ángeles
Gallart Fernández-Puebla, Alberto
Publication date
2022ISSN
8755-7223
Abstract
Background: Leadership competence is important to ensure the provision of safe and high-quality care in hospitals. Purpose: The aim was to demonstrate the feasibility of enhancing the perceived leadership competence of nursing students through an innovative health education strategy, consisting of a student-led dedicated education unit (DEU) informed by a service-learning approach in a community setting. Design: Feasibility study in a three-phase process: I: Design; II: Acceptability and implementation; III: Expansion to a different setting. In phase II the DEU was piloted with 62 students using a pretest/post-test with control group design. In phase III it was piloted with 20 students in the expansion setting. Methods: The DEU was implemented and tested in Barcelona (Spain) between 2014 and 2019. To assess acceptability and implementation, students' perceived leadership competence was measured using the Self-Assessment Leadership Instrument. We also obtained satisfaction ratings using an ad hoc questionnaire. Results: Satisfaction was high among students, as well as among service users who received health education. In phase II, students' post-test self-ratings of their leadership competence were higher in both the intervention and control groups, but the increase was significantly greater among students who participated in the DEU (25.84 % vs. 16.72 %, p = .012). Similar results were obtained in the expansion phase, with students in the intervention group once again showing a significant increase in perceived leadership skills (12.89 %, p = .005). Conclusions: Student-led DEUs appear to be an effective way of enhancing perceived leadership competence among senior nursing students.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
Keywords
Medicina
Medicine
Pages
9
Publisher
Elsevier
Collection
43
Is part of
Journal of Professional Nursing
Citation
De Juan Pardo, M. Ángeles; Vissandjee, Bilkis; Guillaumet Olives, Montserrat [et al.]. Enhancing perceived leadership of nursing students through a student-led dedicated education unit in a community setting: a feasibility study. Journal of Professional Nursing, 2022, 43, p. 152-161. Disponible en: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S8755722322001521?via%3Dihub>. Fecha de acceso: 30 ene. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.10.009
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