Introduction: This study evaluated the challenges faced by Nursing Students in the implementation of nursing procedures in clinical areas.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional research design was used for the study. Using purposive sampling method, 187 nursing students from two nursing institutions participated in the study. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using frequencies, and percentages while associations and relationships between variables were tested using chi-square test and regression analyses at p < 0.05% level of significance.
Results: The mean age of the respondents was 21.5 ± 2.9yrs. About 74.9% of the respondents found clinical postings to be highly challenging. Inadequate physical resources (p= 0.009) and inadequate personal protective equipment to work with during clinical postings (p= 0.003) had a significant influence on the challenges faced by respondents.
Conclusion: Clinical postings were found to be highly challenging for most respondents as they could not implement certain procedures easily. This could be due to inadequate physical resources and inadequate personal protective equipment to work with. Therefore, it is important to put all available resources in place and get competent and experienced preceptors to guide the students during clinical postings.
