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Clinical nursing and midwifery education in the pandemic age |
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| Authors: | M. Lazenby PhD RN S. Chambers PhD RN D. Chyun PhD RN P. Davidson PhD RN K. Dithole DLitt et Phil RN I. Norman PhD RN S. Tlou PhD RN |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, Connecticut, USA;2. Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia;3. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;4. University of Botswana School of Nursing, Gaborone, Botswana;5. Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, UK |
| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted clinical nursing and midwifery education. This disruption has long-term implications for the nursing and midwifery workforce and for future healthcare responses to pandemics. Solutions may include enhanced partnerships between schools of nursing and midwifery and health service providers and including schools of nursing and midwifery in preparedness planning. These suggestions notwithstanding, we call upon national and international nursing and midwifery bodies to study how to further the clinical education of nurses and midwives during pandemics and other times of crisis. |
| Keywords: | Clinical Placements Clinical Supervision Clinical Workforce Issues Global Crises Midwifery Nursing Nursing Education Pandemics |