The concept of clinical supervision to facilitate the clinical education environment in undergraduate nursing students is well discussed within the literature. Despite the many models of clinical supervision described within the literature there is a lack of clear guidance and direction which clinical supervision model best suits the clinical learning environment for undergraduate nursing stude...

BACKGROUND Clinical facilitation is an essential part of the undergraduate nursing curriculum. A number of studies address the issue of clinical facilitation in South Africa, but there remains a lack of knowledge and understanding regarding what students perceive as best practice in clinical facilitation of their learning. OBJECTIVE To determine what type of clinical facilitation undergraduat...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the impact of a collaborative clinical education model on students' perception of the psycho-social learning environment. DESIGN A pre-test and post-test quasi experimental design. SETTING A tertiary referral centre. SUBJECTS Second and third year undergraduate nursing students were asked to rate their perceptions of the psycho-social learning environment...

Clinical learning is an integral part of nursing education; yet, clinical education has been problematic. Why are some clinical experiences better than others? Various studies have indicated that not all practice settings are able to provide student nurses with a positive learning environment. The clinical learning environment is a multidimensional entity with a complex social context. Classroo...

BACKGROUND Self-regulated learning is the individual's ability to effectively use various strategies to reach their learning goals. We conducted this scoping review to explore what has been found regarding self-regulated learning in the clinical environment and how this was measured. METHODS Using Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework, we searched three medical and educational databases ...