International Journal of Nursing Sciences (Sep 2016)

Pilot study: Nursing students' perceptions of the environment in two different clinical models

  • Robert D. Perry,
  • Madeline M. Press,
  • Noelle Rohatinsky,
  • Roslyn M. Compton,
  • Monique Sedgwick

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2016.07.001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 285 – 290

Abstract

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Purpose: This pilot study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of a modified Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (m-DREEM) tool used to evaluate the effects of different pedagogical approaches in a clinical learning environment on nursing students' learning perceptions. Methods: A sample consisting of 130 nursing students in two different models of clinical education was surveyed. Results: This pilot study demonstrated that m-DREEM yields a high internal consistency. This tool can be used to evaluate nursing students' perceptions of their clinical learning environment on the basis of five sub-scales: students' learning perceptions, facilitators, academic self-perception, atmosphere, social self-perception, and mentorship. Conclusion: A definitive and inferential relationship between sub-scales and clinical models, namely, block and non-block dispersed models, could not be determined because of the small sample size of the block clinical model. Hence, further research should be performed.

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