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Significance of the Peer Group Clinical Mentoring Programme in Preparing Nursing Student Mentees for the Future Practice: Qualitative Retrospective Case Study

Authors
Tshepo A. Ntho1, *, Abel J. Pienaar2, 3, Leepile A. Sehularo4
1Department of Nursing, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa
2Shifa College of Nursing, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
3Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
4School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Mahikeng, South Africa
*Corresponding author. Email: tshepo.ntho@ul.ac.za
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Tshepo A. Ntho
Available Online 6 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Peer-Group; Clinical Mentoring; Nursing Students; Retrospective Case; North-West Province; South Africa
Abstract

The foundation of any nursing education programme lies in developing clinical competence and professional growth for aspiring nurses. Therefore, implementing diverse clinical teaching and learning strategies, including peer group clinical mentorship, is imperative. The present study delved into the importance of peer group clinical mentorship based on the perspectives and experiences of nursing student mentees in a nursing education institution that faces resource constraints in the North-West Province. The study objectives were achieved through a retrospective case study. Two World Café sessions were held with 51 nursing student mentees who received clinical practice mentoring. A semi-structured schedule was followed based on Gibbs' Reflective Cycle (1988). The collected data was analyzed using the Four Levels of Analysis, derived from the Indigenous Health Research Framework proposed by Pienaar in 2017. Three themes emerged in this research, and the findings reveal that peer group clinical mentorship creates a space for nursing student mentees to acquire clinical competence and professionalism while interacting and socializing with one another, as well as improves psycho-social well-being and decreases clinical absenteeism among nursing students during clinical learning. Despite the poorly implemented peer group clinical mentorship in resource-stricken nursing education institutions, the findings of this research showed that peer group clinical mentorship is a vital clinical learning and teaching approach in ensuring competence and professionalism among nursing students.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 10th Focus Conference (TFC 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
6 November 2023
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978-2-38476-134-0
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_8How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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