Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi (Dec 2022)
The Challenges Experienced by Nursing Students in Clinical Learning Environment and Their Suggestions
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the challenges experienced by nursing students in the clinical learning environment and their suggestions. Method: The study was carried out with 249 nursing students between November 2019 and March 2020 at a university in Turkey using a 62-item questionnaire developed by the researchers. Results: 49.8% of the participants experienced challenges during clinical practice that are related to the nurses (37.5%), the hospital (27.0%), and theoretical education (13.5%), and they believe that their challenges could be partially resolved (46.6%). 70.7% of the participants stated that they could partially transfer what they learned in the classroom to their clinical practice. All the participants who reported an event that affected them in the clinic (67.5%) gave an example of a negative event and most of these events were related to the attitudes and behaviors of the nurses. Their suggestions for better clinical practice were to increase the number of practice lessons and more innovative and technology-based training methods used in accordance with the technological developments of the digital age. Conclusions: There are considerable challenges and obstacles that nursing students face in the clinical learning environment that can affect their competence and learning. It can be said that new technological and innovative teaching techniques should be developed to overcome these obstacles and challenges.
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