Assessment of factors affecting clinical teaching as perceived by nurse-teachers and nursing students in secondary technical nursing schools in Assiut City

ABSTRACT

Clinical training provides the nurse-students with knowledge skills and attitudes to provide patient's care with high quality in different settings. Clinical practice provides the opportunit for students to become skillful in the use of theories of action and provides a fertile experience in learning how to learn. The objectives of this study were to assess the factors affecting clinical teaching experience as perceived by nurse-teachers and nurse students. The study was done in three females' secondary nursing schools in Ass jut City. The subjects included in the study were 28 nurse teachers and 212 nurse-students. The data collection tool, which used consisted of questionnaire sheet for nurse-teachers and students, nurse. This questionnaire was aimed at identifying teachers and students perception about the factors that influence student's acquisition of clinical experience; the questionnaire was composed of three parts 1-Structure factors This part included hospital and external units [10 factors], school laboratory [6 factors], nursing team [13 factors], physician's team [8 factors] patients and their families [8 factors], and administration [7 factors]. The qualification needed for the clinical teaching [4 factors] and interpersonal traits of the clinical teacher [5 factors].2-Process factors this part included interpersonal relationship of clinical teacher [6 factors], nursing competence of the clinical teacher [14 factors] and teaching competence of the clinical teacher [10 factors]. 3-Out come factors this part included [12 factors]. In the light of the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the students and teachers gave priority to the importance of the process factors. There were statistically significant differences between students and teachers opinions regarding structure, process and outcome factor