Aim: The study was aimed to reveal the first clinical observations and observations about professional behaviors of first year nursing students. Method: A qualitative research method was used. The data were collected using document analysis as a qualitative research method. 60 nursing first year students were included in the research group. Inductive content analysis method was used to analyze the data. Findings: As a result of the document analysis two main categories which were “my first observations” and "observations of professional behaviors”. Four themes regarding the my first observations were identified. These themes were “physical properties of the hospital/clinic”, “observations about the general condition of patients and patient relatives”, “observations about health professional”, “my observations about me in terms of being a student for the first time”. Two themes regarding the observations for professional behaviors were identified. These themes, “behaviors considered as professional in nurses” and “non-professional behaviors observed in nurses” and related sub-themes were identified. Conclusions: The students were affected by the physical conditions of the clinic and the approach of health professionals to students. It is recommended that clinical practices should be planned on the basis of the collaboration between schools and hospitals to support the professional behavior of students.
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