Nepalese undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of the clinical learning environment, supervision and nurse teachers: A questionnaire survey

Clinical practice enables nursing students to acquire essential professional skills, but little is known about nursing students' perceptions of the clinical learning environment (CLE) in Nepal. To examine Nepalese nursing students' perceptions regarding the CLE and supervision. A cross-sec...

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Published in:Nurse education today 2016-04, Vol.39, p.181-188
Main Authors: Nepal, Bijeta, Taketomi, Kikuko, Ito, Yoichi M., Kohanawa, Masashi, Kawabata, Hidenobu, Tanaka, Michiko, Otaki, Junji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Atmosphere
Clinical environment
Clinical medicine
Clinical nursing
Clinical placements
Clinical supervision
Clinical training
College students
Cronbach's alpha
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demography
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate
Educational Environment
Exploratory factor analysis
Factor analysis
Faculty, Nursing
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Learning
Learning environment
Multiple Regression Analysis
Nepal
Nurse tutors
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Students
Nursing, Supervisory
Pedagogy
Perceptions
Personal Satisfaction
Practice placements
Preceptorship - methods
Private hospitals
Professional practice
Questionnaire
Regression analysis
Reliability
School environment
Student attitudes
Students, Nursing - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teachers
Teaching methods
Undergraduate students
Work skills
Young Adult
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Summary:Clinical practice enables nursing students to acquire essential professional skills, but little is known about nursing students' perceptions of the clinical learning environment (CLE) in Nepal. To examine Nepalese nursing students' perceptions regarding the CLE and supervision. A cross-sectional questionnaire design was used. Government and private hospitals in Nepal where the undergraduate nursing college students undertook their clinical practice. Students with clinical practice experience were recruited from years 2–4 of the B.Sc. nursing program in Nepal (n=350). The final sample comprised 263 students. A self-administered questionnaire including demographic characteristics, latest clinical practice site, and general satisfaction was administered February–March 2014. The previously validated Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher evaluation scale was used in the questionnaire. The analytical approach used exploratory factor analysis, assessments of the scale and sub-dimension reliability, correlations of factors between scale sub-dimensions, and multiple regression analysis. Students' practicum satisfaction level at government hospitals was significantly higher than those at private hospitals (p
ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2016.01.006