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Nursing students’ evaluation of clinical placement education quality: a national database analysis
Nurse Education in Practice, Vol.81, pp.1-8
2024
Abstract
Aim
To report nursing student ratings of clinical placement education quality.
Background
Australian nursing students must complete specified clinical placement hours which must be monitored and evaluated.
Design
A quality improvement evaluation design, incorporating survey.
Methods
Participating universities used QR codes and weblinks to distribute a survey between January and December 2023. The validated Placement Evaluation Tool (PET – Nursing) incorporates 20 items; Clinical Environment (11 items), Cronbach’s alpha =.94 and Learning Support (8 items), Cronbach’s alpha =.96 and one item rating satisfaction.
Results
Nursing students from 36 universities submitted 17,705 evaluations. The PET – Nursing mean quality rating was 82.6/95 and a mean satisfaction with clinical placement rating (item 20) was 8.3/10; indicating perceived quality of education was high. Students over 41 years reported higher satisfaction compared to younger students as did male students. International students and those who did not speak English at home were more satisfied than domestic students and those who spoke English. First year students rated placements higher than other years. Placements in emergency and intensive care departments received significantly higher ratings than other placements, with aged care settings rated the lowest.
Conclusion
This article reports a benchmark of the educational quality of nursing student placement learning in Australia. The results could be relevant to others seeking to improve the quality of students’ clinical learning. Stakeholders need to leverage the reported strengths that enhance student experiences and address the issues and concerns raised to improve the educational quality of nursing students’ clinical learning experiences.
Details
- Title
- Nursing students’ evaluation of clinical placement education quality: a national database analysis
- Authors
- Colleen Ryan (Corresponding Author) - Central Queensland UniversityAreum Hyun - Griffith UniversityLynda Hughes - Griffith UniversityFiona Bogossian - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of HealthSimon Cooper - Edith Cowan University
- Publication details
- Nurse Education in Practice, Vol.81, pp.1-8
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104185
- ISSN
- 1873-5223; 1471-5953
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Grant note
- The NPEC is funded by the Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery (Australia and New Zealand) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991078385602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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