Abstract
Clinical Practice for Novice Nursing Students: Shorter Clinical Day or Longer Clinical Day?
Highlights
Pre-licensure nursing programs have a common goal to provide the best learning experiences for their students, and it is important to evaluate the quality of clinical and academic education in nursing programs
Forty nursing students (NSs) in the first clinical semester of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program were recruited to participate in the study
Forty NSs in the first clinical semester participated in the study
Summary
Pre-licensure nursing programs have a common goal to provide the best learning experiences for their students, and it is important to evaluate the quality of clinical and academic education in nursing programs. One specific aspect of clinical education that guides the learning experience for the first clinical semester nursing students (NSs) is the opportunity to perform nursing skills. The question which drives inquiry of this study is: Does a short or long clinical day provide better learning opportunities for novice NSs? In addition to the duration of the clinical day, the quality of these NSs’ clinical experiences depends on various factors, such as opportunity to perform skills, therapeutically communicate with patients [1] and develop relationships with nursing staff [2]. The present study primarily aimed to compare the frequency of skills performance of NSs assigned to short and long clinical days for the first clinical rotation. This study is unique, as NSs had a mixed experience of short and long clinical days within one semester
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