Factors Influencing Nursing Student Learning During Clinical Placements: A Modified Delphi Study

Background: Factors identified as important to nursing student clinical learning include the environment, the clini-cal facilitator, and student human factors. Method: A modi-fied Delphi study generated clinical nurse educators' ex-pert consensus of the importance of factors that influence student learning during clinical placements. Short-answer questions exploring facilitation of learning were also pro-vided. Results:Thirty-four nurse educators participated in the first round, and 17 nurse educators participated in the second round. Final consensus of at least 80% agreement was reached for all factors. Enablers of student learning in-cluded a positive workplace culture, student attitude, and clear communication between facilitator and student. Bar-riers to student learning included lack of time for teaching, short placement duration, and poor student and facilitator attitude. Conclusion: Further investigation is needed on how these factors are addressed during placements in-cluding a review of the quality of resources provided to stu-dents and clinical facilitators for student learning. [J Nurs Educ. 2023;62(6):333-341.]