ABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the overall clinical performance of nursing students and analyze its influencing factors to provide evidence for the improvement.Methods:A questionnaire survey was carried out among 288 nursing students from Qilu Hospital of Shandong University in March to May 2020. The survey included a general data questionnaire, Holistic Clinical Assessment Tool, Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher evaluation scale, Medical Student Safety Attitudes and Professionalism Survey of nursing students. The factors associated with overall clinical performance of nursing students were analyzed by t test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression. Results:The total score of Holistic Clinical Assessment Tool was 114.95 ± 22.91. The total score of Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher evaluation scale was 156.70 ± 26.98. The total score of Medical Student Safety Attitudes and Professionalism Survey was 123.65 ± 31.00. The influencing factors included social practice experience and clinical learning environment, which accounted for 28.0% of the total variation of overall clinical performance of nursing students.Conclusions:Educators and managers of nursing students' schools and internship hospitals should actively explore the educational reform practice to promote the improvement of clinical ability, so as to promote the improvement of the overall clinical ability of nursing students.