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To explore the lived experiences and demands placed on mentors when failing an incompetent pre-registration nursing student during their final clinical placement.

August 28, 2013Nursing Ethics

Failing a student nurse

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SBSharon BlackUniversity of East Anglia JCJoan CurzioING Direct LTLouise TerryGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Qualitative hermeneutic study reveals that failing underperforming student nurses requires profound moral courage, highlighting significant moral stress and residue among clinical mentors.

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To explore the lived experiences and demands placed on mentors when failing an incompetent pre-registration nursing student during their final clinical placement.
Conducted a qualitative hermeneutic study recruiting 19 mentors across 7 healthcare organisations in inner city and rural locations in southeast England.
Gathered data via individual reflective interviews and analyzed responses using a hermeneutic discovery of meaning.
Mentors experienced complex emotional and ethical distress characterized by moral stress, challenged moral integrity, and lasting moral residue.
The ultimate decision-making process required mentors to embody and exercise professional moral courage to fail underperforming students.

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Black et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a024f619205a29bca751806 https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733013495224

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Qualitative hermeneutic study reveals that failing underperforming student nurses requires profound moral courage, highlighting significant moral stress and residue among clinical mentors.

Failing a student nurse

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