ASSESS THE ROLE OF NURSING EDUCATORS AND HEAD NURSES IN CLINICAL ACCOMPANIMENT FOR TECHNICAL NURSING STUDENTS IN PORT SAID

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 B.Sc Nursing Zagazig University

2 Professor of Nursing Administration Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University

3 Nursing Administration Faculty of Nursing Port Said University3

Abstract

Background: As nursing is a practice-based profession, it is essential that pre-graduate students are socialized in the clinical learning environment from the start of their training. Consequently, clinical accompaniment is regarded as a vital component of nursing training to offer the necessary support to pre-graduate students. The aim: To determine the role of nurse educators and head nurses in clinical accompaniment for technical nursing students. The research design: Was a correlational descriptive design. The subjects of this study consisted of three groups; all nurse educators with total no. of 30, all nursing students at fifth year with total no. of 117 at ministry of health technical health institute at Port Said city, health insurance nursing institute at Port Said and ministry of health technical health institute South Sinai government, and all head nurses in El-Mabara hospital, Port said general hospital and Tor Sinai general hospital with total no. of 30, two tools : Were used for data collection as the followings: First tool is questionnaires sheets to collecting data regarding the clinical accompaniment of nursing students in clinical settings from nursing students, nurse educators, and head nurses. The second tool is observational checklists to assess the role of nurse educators and head nurses related to the clinical accompaniment of technical nursing students. The results: Revealed that the highest mean percentage of the studied nursing students (51.3%) and nursing educators (56.7%)  have an acceptable level of perception related to clinical accompaniment in clinical settings, while the highest mean percentage of the studied head nurses (70%) have a poor level of perception. Whereas the highest mean percentage of the studied nursing educators (50%) and head nurses (40%) have a poor role performance during clinical accompaniment of nursing students in clinical settings. The study concluded: That there was a positive correlation between the level of perception and the role performance of nursing educators and head nurses in clinical settings. The study recommended: That there are an obvious needs for conducting training program of clinical accompaniment and evaluates its effectiveness on nursing educators' and head nurses' performance during clinical training of nursing students in clinical settings.
 
 

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