Introduction: Most studies concerning clinical education of nursing students have been performed qualitatively.
This study was performed to more deeply investigate the students’ education at nursing clerkship and
explore the experiences of nursing students, instructors, and hospital administrators from the clinical education
of nursing students.
Methods: In a qualitative study a semi-structured interview was done with 8 nursing students at the end of
clerkship, four nurses working as ward administrators, an education supervisor, and two supervising
instructors. Qualitative content analysis was employed for analyzing the data.
Results: Six central variables were realized (emerged) including lack of readiness for entering into clinical
learning environment, undesirability of student assessment process, lack of advantageous relationship
between the nursing school and the hospital, ideal planning for clerkship shifts, deficiency in clinical education,
and the effects of clerkship on hospital and patients' affairs.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the study, it is necessary for the nursing administrators to place
more effort to resolve the present problems specially the relationship between the nursing school and the
hospital, and to renovate hospital into a favorable learning space to meet educational goals of nursing
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