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Association between quality of ward nursing care and students' assessment of the ward as a learning environment

Mikko Saarikoski, RN, MNSc, LicHSc

Department of Social Health Care,Turku Polytechnic, Turku, Finland

Helena Leino-Kilpi

Department of Nursing, University of Turko, Turku, Finland

The aim of this study was to explore the association between the characteristics of a ward and its evaluation as a learning environment by students. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire in one college of nursing in southern Finland. Respondents were 162 second- and third-year students enrolled on a three-and-a-half year nursing programme. The quality of nursing care correlated strongly with the quality of the nursing environment. The method and implementation of the supervisory relationship was also a signifant factor in students' assessment of the ward as a learning environment. The role of staff nurses as mentors was very important. Clinical supervision is not only important in nurse education; it is also closely interwoven with nursing care in clinical wards in general.

Key Words: Clnical teaching • environment • Clinical supervision • Staff nurse

Nursing Times Research, Vol. 4, No. 6, 467-474 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/136140969900400611
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