Challenges faced by nursing students during practice of nursing procedures in clinical posting in a tertiary institution in Nigeria
Keywords:
Practice, Placement, Nursing proceduresAbstract
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.
References
Odetola TD, Oluwasola O, Pimmer C, Akande SO, Dipeolu IO, Olaleye OS, et al. Theory-Practice Gap: The Experiences of Nigerian Nursing Students. Afr J Nurs Midwifery. 2018; 20(1):13.https://doi.org/10.25159/25205293/3694
Arkan B, Ordin Y, Yilmaz D. Undergraduate nursing students' experience related
to their clinical learning environment and factors affecting to their clinical learning process.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2018; 127-132. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.12.005.87797587557775
Gemuhay HM, Kalolo A, Mirisho R, Chipwaza B, and Nyangena E. Factors Affecting
Performance in Clinical Practice among Preservice Diploma Nursing Students in
Northern Tanzania. Nurs Res Pract. 2019; 3453085. doi: 10.1155/2019/3453085
Fadana FP, Vember HF. Experiences of undergraduate nursing students during clinical practice at health facilities in Western Cape, South Africa. Curationis. 2021; 44(1): e1-e10. doi:
4102/curationis. v44i1.2127
Bazrafkan l, Kalyani MN. Nursing students’ Experiences of the Clinical Education:
A Qualitative study. Invest Educ Enferm. 2018; 36(3). doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v36n3e04.
Ekstedt M, Lindblad M, Löfmark A. Nursing students’ perception of the clinical
learning environment and supervision in relation to two different supervision models–a
comparative cross-sectional study. BMC Nurs. 2019; 18:49. doi: 10.1186/s12912-019-0375-6.
Abdulmutalib IAM, El Seesy NAM, Yousuf SAH. Nursing Students’ Opinions on Facilitating and Hindering Factors in the Clinical Training Setting. American Journal of Nursing Science. 2019; 8(1):1-8. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajns.20190801.11
Kadhila JG, Pretorius L. Clinical Learning Experiences of Nursing degree Students at the public training hospitals: Khomas Region, Namibia. Research Square. 2022;
doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2277663/v1
Asirifi M, Ogilvie L, Barton S, Aniteye P, Stobart K, Bilash O, et al. Assessing challenges of clinical education in a baccalaureate nursing program in Ghana. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 2017; 7(10):109-118. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v7n10p109.
Azu TD, Druye AA, Owusu-Acheampong E. Clinical Placement: Experiences, School and Hospital-based Gaps and Challenges of Undergraduate Nursing Students of the University of Cape Coast. Journal of Education and Practice. 2020; 11(5) doi:10.7176/JEP/11-5-04.
Saara Kertu H, Nuuyoma V. Theory – Practice Gap: Challenges Experienced by Nursing Students at the Satellite Campus of a Higher Education Institution in Namibia. International Journal of Higher Education. 2019; 8(5):21-28. doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v8n5p21
Berhe S, Gebretensaye T. Nursing students challenges towards clinical learning environment at the school of nursing and Midwifery in Addis Ababa University. A qualitative study. International Journal of Africa Nursing Science. 2021; 15, 100378
doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100378
Addisie A, Cherie A, Gela D, Ataro B. Challenges faced during clinical placement among nursing students. A mixed study conducted at highest institutions in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia. 2022; https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1376645/v1
Amoo SA, Aderoju YBG, Sarfo-Walters R, Doe PF, Okantey C, Boso CM, et al. Nursing Students' Perception of Clinical Teaching and Learning in Ghana: A Descriptive Qualitative Study. Nursing research and practice. 2022; 7222196. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7222196
Ugwu NS, Ogbonnaya NP, Chijioke VC, Esievo JN. Causes and effects of theory-practice gap during clinical practice: The lived experiences of baccalaureate nursing students. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being. 2023; 18(1):2164949. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2164949
Atakro CA, Armah E, Menlah A, Garti I. Clinical placement experiences by undergraduate nursing students in selected teaching hospitals in Ghana. BMC Nursing. 2019; 18(1):1-20.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-018-0325-8
De Swardt HC. The clinical environment: A facilitator of professional socialization.
Health SA Gesundheit. 2019: 24(0):1188. https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v24i0.1188
Moyimane MB, Mantlala SF, Kekana MP. Experiences of nurses on the critical shortage of medical equipment at a rural district hospital in South Africa: A qualitative study. 2017.
doi:10.11604/pamj.2017.28.100.11641
Baraz S, Memarian R, Vanaki Z. Learning Challenges of nursing students in clinical Environments: A qualitative study in Iran. Journal of Education and Health promotion. 2015;
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.12.005
Kaliyangile B, Ngoma CM. Factors Influencing Student Nurses’ Clinical Learning
during their Clinical Practice at Rusangu University, Monze campus, Zambia. 2020; 6(1).
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Western Nigeria Journal of Medical Sciences
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
