Abstract
Background: TouchPoint is an innovative approach to traditional clinical postconferences for prelicensure BSN students in an immersion experience. The aim of TouchPoint was to build relationships between faculty and students in an unscripted method of deep, meaningful, reflective sharing.
Methods: TouchPoint sessions were a synthesis of stories told by nursing students. These sessions addressed relationships among patient, nurse, and families, and the importance of inter- and intraprofessional relationships. Faculty facilitators guided discussions.
Results: TouchPoint sessions promoted psychological safety, built resiliency, and enhanced student awareness. The safe space created and opened a structured discussion of sensitive topics such as death, dying, gossip, loss, unsupported nursing staff, joy, and happiness, and the supportive nature of nurse mentors throughout these positive and negative experiences.
Conclusions: TouchPoint's success was in strengthening resilience practices for students by sharing lived experiences and adhering to an environment of trust, respect, and support.