Abstract
Satisfaction with the experience gained in clinical settings is of great significance to nursing students and novice first-year students in particular and contributes significantly to developing basic clinical skills and competence. Accordingly, the present study aimed to examine nursing student satisfaction with the first clinical education experience.A total of 390 second- and third-semester nursing students gaining clinical experience in general surgery, internal medicine, gynecological surgery, orthopedics, emergency, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, andrological surgery, post-CCU, and otorhinolaryngology departments participated in this analytical cross-sectional study from March to June 2017. The research instrument included the “Assessment of nursing student’s Satisfaction with First Clinical Practical Education Questionnaire: Modified Version”, consisting of three parts: demographic characteristics, 37 items, and a 10-degree visual analog scale to assess student satisfaction. Descriptive statistics were used to hypothesis test in SPSS 22.The highest rate of student satisfaction was related to the third domain labeled “Instructor’s behavior”, and the lowest rate of student satisfaction was related to the fifth and seventh domains labeled “Emotional atmosphere and learning in the clinical setting” and “Creating appropriate learning opportunities”, respectively. The results of statistical tests suggested a statistically significant relationship between the mean satisfaction score (based on the 10-degree scale) and gender (p=0.01). However, no statistically significant relationship was observed between the mean satisfaction score and other demographic characteristics such as age, grade point average (GPA), and university type.Student satisfaction rate varies in different domains of the questionnaire. Accordingly, it is recommended that schools of nursing and midwifery incorporate the findings of this study into their first clinical, educational experience planning and take into account the educational needs of students to bring greater satisfaction.
Highlights
Clinical education can be defined as a learning-facilitative activity in a clinical setting aimed to make quantifiable changes in students to deliver clinical care in which the clinical instructor and students are involved [1]
The anxiety experienced by nursing students is rooted in their assumed lack of Journal of Medicine and Life Vol 12, Issue 1, January-March 2019 adequate expertise and knowledge to deliver patient care, which results in the dissatisfaction of the majority of nursing students with their clinical education programs [5]
Given the above findings on the abundance of significant problems in the process of gaining experience by nursing students in clinical fields, student dissatisfaction with clinical education, the first clinical experience being regarded as the professional foundation of nursing education, and the limited number of studies evaluating nursing student satisfaction with the first clinical learning experience process using a valid and reliable instrument, the present study aimed to examine nursing student satisfaction with the first clinical experience
Summary
Clinical education can be defined as a learning-facilitative activity in a clinical setting aimed to make quantifiable changes in students to deliver clinical care in which the clinical instructor and students are involved [1]. The anxiety experienced by nursing students is rooted in their assumed lack of Journal of Medicine and Life Vol 12, Issue 1, January-March 2019 adequate expertise and knowledge to deliver patient care, which results in the dissatisfaction of the majority of nursing students with their clinical education programs [5]. Nursing students are on the verge of adulthood, have just left the school environment and entered the unknown and complex clinical settings that require interaction despite their human communication intricacies. Such an experience can pose various problems to them in different ways [11]
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