Impact of Pre-Registration Workplace Experience Education on Nursing Practice

Running head: WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE AND CLINICAL PLACEMENT
WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE AND CLINICAL PLACEMENT PRE-REGISTRATION
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Introduction
Professional experience in the health and clinical setting is of prime importance for the
students of nursing. Practitioners from the various health care professions should be able to
integrate themselves and apply their comprehensive knowledge, aptitude and skill from the
period of time when they have completed their undergraduate level course and pre-registration
training. The working experience is given to the nursing students by the mean of clinical
placement with the objective to make them acquainted with the real clinical environment (Trollor
et al., 2018). It is the often given before registration of the nursing students, which is known as
pre-registration clinical placement. When the nursing students excel in the program, they can get
become a registered nurse (Levett-Jones, Pitt, Courtney-Pratt, Harbrow & Rossiter, 2015).
Therefore, the main aim of the essay is to critically discuss the impact of the pre-registration
workplace experience education (clinical placement) on nursing practice. The major focus of the
analysis to develop a clear insight about the importance and effect of the workplace experience
and education which nursing students takes through clinical placement. It generally occurs pre-
registration of the course and its impact has been studied in the following essay. The essay has
discussed studies of the various author who have concentrated their work on clinical placement
before registration. The essay also highlights the importance of workplace experience in nursing
practice in order to conclude its impact and effect in the current health care sector.
Discussion
Preregistration educations and experience helps the nursing students to be adequately
trained with the obligatory skills and learning. It makes them competent enough to work with the
people who are suffering from different illness and disease. According to the study of Shivers,

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Hasson and Slater (2017), it was observed that nursing students develop seven different types of
professional knowledge, which is attributed by their pre-registration workplace experience and
education. The author has done cross-case analysis to demonstrate the current issue linked with
pre-registration education. It has a positive impact on the nursing practice. The study of Byfield,
East and Conway (2018) which focus on the pre-registration workplace argued that the main aim
of the pre-registration nursing programme is to encourage clinical confidence among the nurses
to work in the various health environment. The study has done a case review where the author
ensured that pre-registration workplace experience improves the clinical skill of the
undergraduate nurses. It helps to construct positive insight into the nurse in the domain of
communication and giving client effective education and care.
Law and Chan (2016) found that the nursing student of final years tends to feel mild to
moderate level of the phoney phenomenon in addition with feeling that they are not adequately
prepared for the practice. Self-doubt and lack of confidence are generally seen in nursing
students. Lewinson, McSherry and Kevern (2015) argued that in order to promote and explore
resilience and lowering the risk of failure, clinical placement and workplace experience is needed
to address the clinical issue of the undergraduate nursing students.
Nurse regulatory authorities, health care provider and educational institution are
responsible for the society and community where they ensure the safety and excellence of the
clinical placement and pre-registration programme in clinical development of nursing practice.
Bogossian et al. (2018) in their study author has demonstrated that for a nurse to move in their
journey from primary, secondary to the tertiary sector, it is important to enabling nursing
students to have an advantageous clinical placement experience. The most integral point of
research is the discipline of the nursing field. The author has said that nursing practice is such a

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field where a substantial level of training is required to them before registration as the author has
stated that it is the most vital part for the construction of professional competencies. The study is
also supported the Upton, Scurlock, Evans, liamson, Rouse and Upton (2015) where the author
has also explained that workplace experience and education is significant for the promoting
cultural adaptation to the certainties of nursing experience and work. Pre-registration clinical
placement allows the nursing students to work under the guidance of the health care
professionals. They help to build a secure connection between the theoretical learning of the
students and its practical applications in the health care environment. The study of McCutcheon,
O’Halloran and Lohan (2018) is in favour of many of the author where he has stated that clinical
placement is significant for constructing the effective nursing practice. The learning in the
clinical atmosphere assists the nurses to come across the real-world scenario to grow their skills,
attitude, knowledge and values. The author also added that workplace experience is something
that cannot be provided or gained through classroom or laboratory learning and pose a positive
impact on the nursing practice.
The study of Powell, Cooke and Brakke (2019) has demonstrated the various
shortcoming of the nursing practice, which lacks in workplace experience and education. The
author has stated that nurses fail to acquire knowledge that is needed in a clinical setting even
though they have graduated. The most important reason for this is the failure to engage in
workplace experience. It is often noticed that there is a lack of readiness in the nurses due to
which it suffers from the real shock, and it is difficult for them to search their proper place as a
registered nurse. Such deficient noticed among the nurse leads to a negative impact on the safety
of the patient. This is such a crucial area for the nursing practice, which does not leave any space
for the error. The study of Patterson et al. (2016) has also suggested that nurse giving their