a survey was made to compare the clinical education problems viewed by nursing instructors an senior nursing students in nursing-midwifery colleges affiliated to the faculty of medicine in isfahan (iran, 1994).   the purposes of this study were to determine the demographic characteristics of the subject further the clinical instructors' and the students' views regarding problems they ...

background : nursing is a skill oriented discipline. in clinical training, learning process is mainly related to performance. moreover, developing skills is one of the main goals of clinical training, because it is through frequent practice that one can develop a skill. this study aimed to determine the frequency of practicing basic skills during nursing students' traineeship. methods: this was...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This paper reports on non-mature general nursing students' perceptions of nursing as a career prior to their first clinical placement. BACKGROUND It is widely recognised that the first clinical practice experience serves a dual role, that of validating students' choice of career and shaping their perceptions of nursing. This study sought to explore 23 first year non-mature...

background : in spite of much literature written about the theory-practice gap in the international nursing journals, there is evidence that indicates this subject has not been probed comprehensively since nursing education was transferred to universities in iran.  in the recent years, the public and the government have criticized iranian nurses because of poor quality of patient care. although...

background and purpose: clinical knowledge management (ckm) is considered as a dominant approach for information management and expansion of knowledge in clinical settings. health care executives have recently begun to focus on ckm. therefore, identification of challenges against proper ckm planning is of paramount importance. the aim of this study was to explore challenges in clinical knowledg...