فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Clinical learning environment is a complex social entity. This environment iseffective on the learning process of nursing students in the clinical area. However, learningin clinical environment has several benefits, but it can be challenging, unpredictable,stressful, and constantly changing. In attention to clinical experiences and factorscontributing to the learning of these experiences can waste a great deal of time andenergy, impose heavy financial burden on educational systems, cause mental, familial andeducational problems for students, and compromise the quality of patient care. Therefore,this study was carried out with the goal of determining the learning challenges of nursingstudents in clinical environments in Iran. Materials and Methods: In this qualitative studycarried out in 2012–2013, 18 undergraduate nursing students were selected by usingpurposive sampling method from the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran andShahid Beheshti Universities. Semi‑structured interviews were used to collect data. Thecontent analysis method was used to determine relevant themes. Results: Two themeswere derived from the data analysis, which represented the students’ clinical learningchallenges. These two themes included insufficient qualification of nursing instructorsand unsupportive learning environment. Conclusions: Identification of the students’clinical learning challenges and actions to remove or modify them will create morelearning opportunities for the students, improve the achievement of educational goals,provide training to nursing students with the needed competencies to meet the complexdemands of caring and for application of theories in practice, and improve the qualityof healthcare services.