Nursing students’ experiences of clinical assessment at a university in South Africa

Health SA Gesondheid

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Nursing students’ experiences of clinical assessment at a university in South Africa
 
Creator Donough, Gabieba
 
Subject Teaching and Learning and Assessment clinical accompaniment; clinical assessment; clinical supervision; clinical supervisor; undergraduate nursing students
Description Background: Nursing education includes both classroom and clinical teaching. The clinical teaching was explored through this research. The successful training of the undergraduate nursing students can be attributed to effective clinical teaching and supervision and is determined by both training requirements and services provided. Although there have been several researches on clinical supervision, there is still a dearth of information of the realities of supervision regarding assessment of undergraduate nursing students. The authors’ original thesis formed the foundation of this manuscript.Aim: This study aimed to explore and describe nursing students at the undergraduate level experiences regarding clinical supervision.Setting: The research was conducted at a nursing school at a South African university.Method: After ethical clearance, focus group interviews were conducted to explore undergraduate nursing students’ experiences of clinical supervision using a descriptive design and qualitative approach. Two qualified practitioners in the field collected the data. A purposive method was utilised to select nine participants from each year’s level of education. Enrolled undergraduate nursing students at the institution under study formed the inclusion criteria. Utilising content analysis, the interviews were analysed.Results: The findings confirmed the students’ experiences of clinical supervision and voicing their concerns regarding clinical assessment versus a developmental training; clinical teaching, learning and assessment and formative assessment procedures.Conclusion: A responsive clinical supervision system to strategically respond to the needs of undergraduate nursing students will aid in developmental training and assessment.Contribution: Understanding of the realities of clinical teaching and supervision regarding clinical assessment and development of undergraduate nursing students.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
Contributor University of the Western Cape
Date 2023-02-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Focus group interviews
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hsag.v28i0.2161
 
Source Health SA Gesondheid; Vol 28 (2023); 6 pages 2071-9736 1025-9848
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa; Western Cape 2012 undergraduate nursing students
Rights Copyright (c) 2023 Gabieba Donough https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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