SECONDARY NURSING SCHOOL STUDENTS PERCEPTION REGARDING CLINICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND CLINICAL SUPERVISION IN PORT SAID CITY

Abstract

Background:The clinical learning environment refers to the learning placement that provides opportunities to integrate theory into practice, build clinical decision-making abilities, and develop a professional identity.Aim: to assess the perception of secondary nursing school students regarding their clinical learning environment and clinical supervision in Port Said City.Subjects and Method: A descriptive correlational research designwas used for the current study in three secondary nursing schools at Port- Said city. The study subjects will include 360 femalestudents.Two tools were used for data collection; Clinical learning environment inventory actual and expected form(CLEI), and clinical supervision questionnaire(CSQ).Results:The current study revealed that the majority of nursing students reported that there was low level of actual clinical learning environment (66.47%), andthe majority of nurse students had a high level of expected clinical learning environment (76.4%), also more than half of nurse students had a moderate level of clinical supervision (56.9%).Conclusion:It was evidenced that there was a significant difference between actual and expected clinical environments. Also the results suggested significant relationship between clinical learning environment and clinical supervision. Recommendations:The main recommendations are suggested, considering students’ expectations of clinical teaching environment and decreasingthe gap between the actual and expectedclinical environments is necessary. In addition,continuous studies on clinical teaching environment evaluation and their results, and to assess clinical instructors’ and clinical staff opinions about the clinical teaching environment are recommended.