标题：A cross sectional study on the relationship between nursing students' perception of clinical learning environment and the willingness to care for older adult patients
期刊名称：International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2214-1391
出版年度：2021
卷号：15
页码：1-5
DOI：10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100369
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：Highlights•Learning environments in nursing education have a significant impact on students' willingness in caring for the older adults.•Improving students' understanding of the clinical learning environment can guide them in developing individual and professional talents and abilities.•Effective curriculum planning and providing a standard theoretical and clinical learning environment, can improve students' perception of learning environment and, of course, increase their willingness to care for the older adults.AbstractBackgroundConsidering the increasing population of the older adults, caring for them is one of the challenges of health care systems and this requires highly skilled and expert nurses.AimThe main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between nursing students' perception of clinical learning environment and their willingness to care for older adult patients in the future.Method334 nursing students participated in this cross-sectional study. The mean score of nursing students’ perception of clinical learning environment and willingness in caring for the older adults and their relationship were evaluated by two questionnaires.ResultsResults showed that there is a significant relationship between nursing students' perception of clinical learning environment and their willingness to care for older adult patients (P < 0.05). It was found that by age increasing, students' perception of clinical learning environment increases.ConclusionProviding an effective educational environment can be useful in increasing students' perception of the learning environment and their attitudes toward care. This will increase students' willingness in caring for the older adult patients in the future.
