Ramoeletsi Seaka, Tlou Boikhutso
Department of Public Health, Discipline of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Health SA. 2024 Jul 5;29:2535. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v29i0.2535. eCollection 2024.
Clinical accompaniment is an activity predominantly supervised by the clinical facilitator to develop the skills of the students. In South Africa, clinical accompaniment aims to develop the skills of the students to equip them in delivering efficient health services to the patients. Previous studies revealed that students experienced challenges and were negatively affected due to inadequate clinical accompaniment in the learning practice.
The aim was to determine the challenges faced by University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) undergraduate nursing students during their clinical accompaniment.
An observational cross-sectional study design, with an analytic component was implemented. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Of the 400 registered nursing students, 245 were undergraduates; of these, 241 consented to participate in this study. Data captured into SPSS Statistics Package V28. ANOVA were used in comparing challenges amongst participants. A -value less than 0.05 was considered significant.
A total of 241 participants responded to the questionnaires, which yielded a response rate of 98.4%. This study comprised first-year (32.4%), second-year (32.8%) and third-year (34.9%) students. There was no remarkable difference in terms of challenges amongst study participants (1st; 2nd; 3rd), =0.592.
This study revealed the challenges faced by undergraduate nursing students during their clinical accompaniment.
Study results might assist in developing effective guidelines to resolve the challenges encountered by students.
临床陪练是一项主要由临床指导教师监督开展的活动，目的是培养学生的技能。在南非，临床陪练旨在培养学生的技能，使其能够为患者提供高效的医疗服务。以往研究表明，在学习实践中，由于临床陪练不足，学生面临挑战并受到负面影响。
本研究旨在确定夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔大学（UKZN）本科护理专业学生在临床陪练期间所面临的挑战。
采用观察性横断面研究设计，并包含分析部分。通过问卷调查收集数据。在400名注册护理专业学生中，245名是本科生；其中，241名同意参与本研究。数据录入SPSS统计软件包V28。采用方差分析比较参与者之间的挑战情况。P值小于0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
共有241名参与者对问卷做出回应，回应率为98.4%。本研究包括一年级（32.4%）、二年级（32.8%）和三年级（34.9%）的学生。在研究参与者（一年级、二年级、三年级）之间，挑战方面没有显著差异（P = 0.592）。
本研究揭示了本科护理专业学生在临床陪练期间所面临的挑战。
研究结果可能有助于制定有效的指导方针，以解决学生遇到的挑战。
