The experience of Jordanian nursing students in their clinical practice

Clinical practice is fundamental component of the baccalaureate nursing program. It provides student nurses with knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for their future nursing roles. The purpose of this study is to explore the experience of nursing students in their clinical training at the baccalaureate nursing program in Jordan. A qualitative approach collected data using 2 focus groups from a purposive sample of 30 student revealing five themes. The findings identify challenges to nursing educators to support environment conducive to learning, enhance quality of students' clinical experience, and facilitate narrowing theory-practice gap, (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu