Abstract
Objective: To know nurses’ opinion related to knowledge, skills and attitudes of pregraduated nursing students who were in their clinical training in Primary Health Care (PHC) Centers. Participants and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at PHC Centers. The participants were nurses who have being training nursing students, for the last two years. The studied variables were theoretical knowledge (normal values of biological parameters, nursing care process, etc), skills (blood pressure measurement, ability interviewing patients, etc) and attitudes (attentive listening, patients respect, etc) from nursing students. Results: According to the nurses’ opinion: nursing students have difficulties in theoretical knowledge on: clinical protocols, paediatrics and chronic illnesses; they show insufficient skills in performing punctures and shots, treating wounds and in taking out blood samples; the weakest attitudes affect the taking decisions process. On the other hand, they have good knowledge on: biological parameters (63: 76,8%), nursing care process (62: 75,6%), health education (53: 64,6%). They scored very well in blood pressure measurement and in listening patients during clinical encounters. Conclusions: According to nurses’opinion knowledge and attitudes are the strengths and skills are the weaknesses that undergraduate nursing students bring to their clinical practice as nursing professionals.
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