Opinions of Nursing Students on Professional Skills Laboratory
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the opinions of nursing students on the Professional Skills Laboratory (PSL). Materials and Method: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 108 first-year nursing students who took the Fundamental Nursing course and agreed to participate in the study. The study was conducted at the Nursing Department of a Faculty of Health Sciences in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. After obtaining the institutional permission, the data of the study were collected using a questionnaire form between June 3-5, 2016. The data were assessed using number, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Findings: The mean age of the students was 19.0±0.85. When their opinions on PSL were examined, of the students, 97.2% found the physical environment of PSL insufficient and 42.6% of them expressed “small and airless” as the reason of insufficiency. Of the students, 80.6% found the equipment used insufficient and 74.1% of them expressed “low number of equipment” as the reason of insufficiency. 45.4% of the students stated as a positive side that they had the opportunity to practice the skills and 47.3% stated as a negative side that the laboratories were “small, dark, airless”. Conclusion: According to our study findings, it was seen that nursing students found the physical background of PSL and equipment used insufficient.
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Serpil Sü, Nesime Demirören
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