Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Department of Nursing, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran
2 Student Research Committee, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran
3 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
4 Department of Nursing, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran
5 Student Research Committee, Tehran University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Background: Nurses are an important part of the health system, and the effectiveness of their clinical education has a significant impact on community health. The clinical environment is constantly changing, making student education very stressful. Due to the negative effects of stressors on education, the present study was conducted to explain the stressors in the clinical environment.
Methods: In this qualitative study (content analysis), the participants were selected using the purposive sampling method. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 nursing students who had completed at least one semester of internship in Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences until data saturation was achieved. The data were coded, the related codes were classified into categories, and the main themes were extracted.
Results: Four categories were obtained in this study: personal problems, the interaction between students and patients, patients’ families, instructors, and ward staff, executive planning, and clinical education environment. The most important source of stress was personal problems, including a lack of awareness and fear of following some clinical guidelines. The lower-semester students were reported to have more stress than last-semester students.
Conclusion: Due to the many clinical stressors, the related authorities should be required to promote students’ professional development by identifying the clinical environment stressors and providing appropriate solutions to reduce and control them. In this regard, considering the role of instructors in reducing stress and facilitating student learning, providing educational programs to train instructors in this area can be one of the main steps to reduce student stress.
Highlights
Kobra Ghorbanzadeh (Google Scholar) (PubMed)
Nastaran Ilka (Google Scholar) (PubMed)
Maryam Khoshbakht Pishkhani (Google Scholar) (PubMed)
Mojtaba Jafari (Google Scholar) (PubMed)
Hajar Sadeghi (Google Scholar) (PubMed)
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