Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research

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Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
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Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
A qualitative study of nursing student experiences of clinical practices
Conditions that led to the study
The experiences that nursing students get during their practices is very crucial in the
general growth of nursing as a career. This study aims to research on the experiences that this
nursing has from their courses. (Grove, S. K., & Gray, J. R., 2018)
Research question and the purpose of the research
The force behind this study is to determine the challenges that nursing students go
through in their learning period, and its primary goal is to come up with solutions that will help
these students to come up with solutions that will help them to concentrate in their nursing
studies and procedures hence become better nurses by the end of the study period.
The target population
My target population in this study is young students both male and female in different
nursing institutions.
Study Methodology
Since my study is targeted at nursing students, I am looking forward to interrogating
those using questionnaires that I will formulate. The questionnaires will contain questions that
are simple, general, and very clear. I will also ensure that the questions are relevant to the
objectives of the study.

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Proposed Evaluation Processes
Before the beginning of the study, I came up with a list of my objectives that clearly
defines the solutions that I am looking to achieve by the end of the study. In this case, the goals
will include all the answers to the challenges that nursing students face.
Money, tools, workforce, and time are another thing that I am going to consider. Before
the study began, I ensured that I had enough money, tools, workforce, and I also ensured that
time was evenly distributed throughout the study.
My target audience was nursing students. Therefore, I ensured that I identified familiar
places such as nursing institutions and colleges where I could find the students easily.
Program Effectiveness
The biggest goal of this program is to see that the problems that active and veteran
military men and women face have been solved. Therefore, I am going to check if my program is
effective by doing follow-up activities; I can go back to the military institutions and interview
them to assess any changes, and in case of no positive changes, I will look at the steps that I went
wrong and scrutinize them to come out with better results.
Results of the Study
Many interviewed students said that they had the feeling of anxiety at the beginning of
the study period. They said that their biggest worry was giving wrong information and advice to
patients. One of the students also noted that his biggest fear was not handling nursing procedures
effectively. However, another student that was in her final year pointed out that the level of
anxiety reduced as they were learning more knowledge and skills.

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A lot of students noted that there was a lack of theory integration in the practice that they
were undertaking. (Ebrahimpour, F., & Hoseini, A. S. S., 2018). They claimed that there was a
lot of classroom content that they could not put into practical aspects.
Other students said that the nurses that were already practicing nursing spared no time for
them, and they were constantly being taught by the head nurses who had little knowledge about
what nurses actually do.
Some students also claimed that they actually never knew their role. They were confused
whether their part was just as simple as providing beddings or as complicated as diagnosing
chronic patient illnesses.
Discussion
It was discussed that confidence should be reinstated in the learning curriculum of
nursing students. (Kelly, S. H., 2020) This confidence will help them to face nursing procedures
and also to grasp essential nursing skills.
Theory-practical integration is another issue that was raised. It was concluded that there
should be an outstanding balance between the students' content and the fundamental life aspects
of nursing.
For those students that were confused in nursing roles, it was discussed that they should
be provided booklets and handouts that clearly distinguish the roles of different healthcare
practitioners, starting from the nurses all the way to the doctors. This is a better way of letting the
students be aware of their roles from a fresh start.

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Limitations of the study
It wasn't easy to engage some students since, during the time of the study, some of the students
were occupied by either class or carrying out nursing practicals.
Some students were also unwilling to share their ideas because of confidentiality issues,
so the general content of the data was affected in a way.
It was also expensive and time-consuming too to walk around a good number of nursing
institutions interviewing students.
Another challenge was the data analyzing data. It wasn't easy to arrange all the data from
the field and compute it to come with final concrete results.
Conclusion
Supported by other literature sources, the findings in this study clearly show how the
experiences that students get during the learning process affect their whole nursing career.
Essential aspects such as initial anxiety problems, professional roles, and theory-practical
incorporation were discussed in this study and their solutions too. This study raises the alarm to
nurse professionals and teachers to consider these issues when preparing a learning curriculum
for students. By following all these, I believe the students will be actively involved in studying,
producing reliable nurses by the end of the day.

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References
Grove, S. K., & Gray, J. R. (2018). Understanding Nursing Research E-Book: Building an
Evidence-Based Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Ebrahimpour, F., & Hoseini, A. S. S. (2018). Suggesting a Practical Theory to Oncology Nurses:
Case Report of a Child in Discomfort. Journal of palliative care, 33(4), 194-196.
Kelly, S. H. (2020). The hidden curriculum: Undergraduate nursing students’ perspectives of
socialization and professionalism. Nursing Ethics, 27(5), 1250-1260.

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Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research

Evidence-Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research

A qualitative study of nursing student experiences of clinical practices

Conditions that led to the study

Research question and the purpose of the research

The target population

Since my study is targeted at nursing students, I am looking forward to interrogating

objectives of the study.

Proposed Evaluation Processes

time was evenly distributed throughout the study.

wrong and scrutinize them to come out with better results.

Results of the Study

anxiety reduced as they were learning more knowledge and skills.

what nurses actually do.

chronic patient illnesses.

It was discussed that confidence should be reinstated in the learning curriculum of

and also to grasp essential nursing skills.

students be aware of their roles from a fresh start.

Limitations of the study

were occupied by either class or carrying out nursing practicals.

so the general content of the data was affected in a way.

institutions interviewing students.

the field and compute it to come with final concrete results.

producing reliable nurses by the end of the day.

Grove, S. K., & Gray, J. R. (2018). Understanding Nursing Research E-Book: Building an

Evidence-Based Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences.

Case Report of a Child in Discomfort. Journal of palliative care, 33(4), 194-196.

Kelly, S. H. (2020). The hidden curriculum: Undergraduate nursing students’ perspectives of

socialization and professionalism. Nursing Ethics, 27(5), 1250-1260.

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