Background: Clinical placements should provide nursing students with a positive environment for\nlearning in which they develop a framework for future practice. The literature articulates that this\nis not always the case. The objective of this research was to develop, implement and evaluate a\nnew education seminar for nursing staffââ?¬â?The Art of Clinical Supervision (ACS), designed for\nnurses to provide a toolbox of strategies to better support students whilst on clinical placement.\nThe ACS was presented in Western Australia, in both metropolitan and regional health services, in\nboth the public and private health sector. This sample consisted of 199 registered nurses working\nin areas that actively placed nursing students. A mixed method approach incorporated surveys,\nonline reflections and interviews. This article will outline the qualitative phase of this mixed method\nresearch. Analysis of the qualitative data determined that participants perceived the seminar\nas a helpful strategy for improving nursing practice in relation to student supervision. In particular,\nthe concept of belongingness was viewed as an important component to improving attitudes\nand placement learning, the focus of this article. The implications of belongingness and how this\ncan be promoted is an important concept that nursing leaders, education providers and clinical\nsupervisors need to consider.
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