Introduction: Nursing students must be competent to promote health amongst older adults with chronic multimorbidity; however, they often lack opportunities to practice the skills involved. Implementing a home visiting programme for community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity could improve nursing students' competence.

Aim: To understand the experience of nursing students participating in a home visiting programme for community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity.

Design: Qualitative study based on Gadamer's hermeneutic phenomenology.

Method: Twenty-two nursing students were interviewed. Data were recorded, transcribed and analysed according to Fleming’s method.

Results: There were three main themes that depict the participants’ experiences: (1) ‘living the theory. Experience as a catalyst for learning’, (2) ‘the home visiting programme as a tool for promoting competence in caring for older adults’, and (3) ‘when learning sparks interest in working with older adults’.

Conclusion: The home visiting programme had a positive impact on the personal and professional growth of nursing students. Participating in the programme led to deep learning that increased the students’ interest in caring for older adults.

Implications for practice: The implementation of a home visiting programme could be a beneficial strategy for the acquisition of competence to promote health and self-care; thus, guiding the development of new teaching strategies.

Authors:
José Manuel Hernández-Padilla, University of Almería, Spain
José Granero-Molina, Universidad de Almería, Spain
Matías Correa-Casado, Universidad de Almería, Spain
Anabel Chica-Pérez, Universidad de Almería, Spain
Iria Dobarrio-Sanz, University of Almería, Spain
Cayetano Fernández-Sola, Universidad de Almería, Spain

About the Presenter(s)
Dr José Manuel Hernández-Padilla is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at University of Almería in Spain

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