Storylines, metaphors, and solutions in the work-readiness literature : A frame analysis

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AIM: To investigate how the literature frames the reported poor work-readiness of new graduate nurses and the solutions it recommends.

DESIGN: Critical frame analysis of work-readiness literature storylines.

METHODS: Deductive and inductive analysis of work-readiness literature published 2016-2019.

RESULTS: The three systematic reviews, literature review, and analysis of transition guidelines reinforced the belief that nursing graduates should be work-ready. In addition, the articles summarized service and academic innovations intended to assist newly qualified nurses transition to practice.

CONCLUSION: The literature attributes perceived graduates' poor work-readiness to divergent faculty and employer expectations, personal deficiencies, defective learning environments, and poor workplace support. Internships, mentorship, academic-service partnerships, and curricular and pedagogical innovation are the dominant recommendations for reform. Workplace clinical education and training are not mechanisms for correcting graduates' work performance but essential activities for sustaining the nursing workforce.

IMPACT: The study should encourage more use of frame analysis in nursing education research. Fact-checking storylines must be a priority for future studies. Research that clarifies the fault lines between advocates of work-readiness and dissident academic leaders has the potential to promote dialogue. Work-ready, theory-gap, and other deficit metaphors must be put aside for the debate because universities must not relinquish their responsibility for educating students for the 21st century.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:119

Enthalten in:

Nurse education today - 119(2022) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 105593

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Clinton, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Corporatization
Frame analysis
Journal Article
New graduates
Nursing schools
Nursing students
Transition to practice
Work-readiness

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Date Completed 01.12.2022

Date Revised 01.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105593

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348417160