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 Volume 7, Issue 9 (September 2020), Pages: 49-54

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Factors influencing the clinical learning experience of student nurses in Hail Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Fadhah Tayeb Alshammari 1, *, Reynita Biong Saguban 1, Carina Del Rosario-Hussein 1, Fredezwinda Tammang Madjid 1, Eddieson Pasay-an 1, Asmaa Mohamed Ali AlAbd 1, 2, Nahed Saber Mousa 1, 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
 2Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
 3Faculty of Nursing, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3579-494x

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.09.008

 Abstract:

Clinical learning is an essential and integral component of nursing education. This study aims to explore the demographic profile of nursing students and the differences in their perception of factors influencing clinical learning experiences. This study employed a quantitative descriptive-cross-sectional approach. One hundred and ninety-two (192) nursing students from the College of Nursing, University of Hail, served as respondents. A modified questionnaire was adapted to collect the data; the return rate was 91%. Analysis of Variance (F-test) was used to determine the statistical significance of all the demographic factors that influence clinical learning experience, except for gender, which was analyzed with t-test. All statistical analyses were performed at 0.05 level of significance. This study was conducted in the first semester of the 2019-2020 academic session. The students largely “agreed” that all the factors influenced their clinical learning experiences. Mean responses were 4.03, 4.13, 4.15, and 3.99 for environmental, personal, interpersonal, and teaching-learning factors, respectively. For the environmental factors, a significant difference was observed in respondents’ perceptions based on gender (t=5.164; p=0.024) and year of study (F=5.303; p=0.002) while differences in perception of the influence of the student factor were significant only for civil status (F=3.152; p=0.045). Differences in perceptions of the influence of interpersonal factors on clinical learning experience based on gender (t=6.583; p=0.011) and year of study (F=4.504’ p=0.004) were significant while the teaching-learning factor was significantly based on age (F=3.085; p=0.029) and year of study (F=3.552; p=0.016). The nursing students believed that environmental, student, interpersonal, and teaching-learning factors had an influence on their clinical learning experience. Respondents’ perceptions of the influence of environmental factors were significantly different based on the gender and year of study, while differences in perceptions of the student factor were only significant based on civil status. Perceptions of the influence of interpersonal factors on clinical experience were significantly different based on the gender, while perceptions for the teaching-learning factor were significant by age and year of study. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Clinical learning, Experiences, Student nurses, Factors

 Article History: Received 26 February 2020, Received in revised form 27 May 2020, Accepted 1 June 2020

 Acknowledgment:

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations: The researchers received approval from the Ethical Board of the University of Hail (UOH-2016-056).

 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Alshammari FT, Saguban RB, and Rosario-Hussein CD et al. (2020). Factors influencing the clinical learning experience of student nurses in Hail Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(9): 49-54

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