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What Is Going on? The Purpose, Organisation and Supervision of Australian First‐Year Nursing Students on Clinical Placements in Nursing Homes

Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Jo‐Anne Rayner, Anne‐Marie Mahoney, Samantha Clune · Nursing Open · 2026

ABSTRACT Aim Exploration of factors associated with clinical placements in nursing homes for first‐year nursing students which may impact their career choices. Design This paper reports on Stage I of a larger study which comprised a 2‐stage sequential mixed‐methods design. Methods Stage I was a national survey conducted as a telephone interview with nurse academics involved in arranging clinical placements for first‐year student nurses; and Stage II which included: interviews with student nurses before and after their first clinical placement in a nursing home, and interviews with clinical supervisors. The Stage I national survey was conducted as a telephone interview and was audio recorded. Transcripts of the interviews were analysed using descriptive statistics, content analysis, and reflexive thematic analysis. Results All Australian nursing schools that offered a Bachelor of Nursing in 2023

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