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Student experiences of nursing health promotion practice in hospital settings
Author(s) -
Hills Marcia
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
nursing inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.66
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1800
pISSN - 1320-7881
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1800.1998.530164.x
Subject(s) - thematic analysis , narrative , empowerment , health promotion , nursing , promotion (chess) , curriculum , narrative inquiry , health care , qualitative research , psychology , medical education , centrality , medicine , sociology , pedagogy , public health , political science , social science , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , combinatorics , politics , law
It has become evident that the current approaches to health care are inadequate for the changing needs of the world. Health promotion has gained recognition as a preferred option and many nursing programmes throughout the world have reoriented their curricula to incorporate this approach. This paper describes a study that was conducted to explicate student experiences of the practice of health promotion. Twenty‐four students participated in the study; qualitative methods, narrative accounts and reflective journals were used to collect the data and the data was analysed using van Manen's recommendations for thematic analysis. Three major themes emerged: the centrality of caring; empowerment—power, participation and partnerships; and the primacy of people. Student narratives are used to illustrate the themes.