The Experience of Jordanian Nursing Students in their Clinical Practice

Clinical practice is fundamental component of the baccalaureate nursing program. It provides student nurses with knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for their future nursing roles. The purpose of this study is to explore the experience of nursing students in their clinical training at the bacc...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2012, Vol.46, p.5849-5857
Main Authors: Nabolsi, Manar, Zumot, Arwa, Wardam, Lina, Abu-Moghli, FaAthieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
clinical training
experience
Jordan
nursing
qualitative
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Summary:Clinical practice is fundamental component of the baccalaureate nursing program. It provides student nurses with knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for their future nursing roles. The purpose of this study is to explore the experience of nursing students in their clinical training at the baccalaureate nursing program in Jordan. A qualitative approach collected data using 2 focus groups from a purposive sample of 30 student revealing five themes. The findings identify challenges to nursing educators to support environment conducive to learning, enhance quality of students' clinical experience, and facilitate narrowing theory-practice gap
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.527