Perception of Student Nurses about their Clinical Learning Environment at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center Lahore

Abstract

Student nurses perceive that learning environment is a clinical area where students can learn new things according to their set objectives and enhance their knowledge and skills, there are a lot of challenges that students face during clinical placement. Objective: To explore perception of student nurses about their clinical learning environment at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center Lahore. Methods: This study was a cross sectional survey conducted at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital from May 2022 to June 2022. Interprofessional clinical learning environment inventory tool was used for data collection from 37 student nurses. Data analysis was done by SPSS version 20.0. P-value<0.05 will be considered as significant. Results: There were 14 males and 23 female student is current study. 79% of the students showed positive perception and only 21% shows negative perception about their clinical learning environment. More than 94% nurse students suggested that clinical orientation was relevant and well organized according to their objectives.56% Students during their clinical rotation felt that they belonged to the same clinical area and 89% reported that the behavior of that area staff was friendly. There was insignificant association between gender and Clinical Learning Environment (P-value>0.05). Conclusions: The students showed positive perception and satisfaction about the clinical learning environment which indicates that the clinical learning environment is crucial for nursing students, enhancing their clinical, communication, and problem-solving skills.