Educational Environment and its Relation to Nursing Student Academic Achievement

Abstract

Background: Educational environment have a significant impact on promoting and enhancing lifelong learning and continuing academic development. Aim: the aim of this study is to evaluate the educational environment and it's relation to nursing student academic achievement among fourth year students at Faculty of Nursing. Design: Descriptive correlational research design was used to achieve the aim of the current study. Setting: Faculty of Nursing, Minia University. Subjects: fourth year nursing students who enrolled for the academic year 2018-2019 (n=360). Tools: one tool was used to collect data pertinent to the study. It was included three parts; personal data, academic achievement of student's final score of 1 st semester, and the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM). Results: The findings in the present study revealed that the overall score of DREEM was 85.8% with mean global score (127.5/200), which indicated that the students have more positive than negative perceptions of their educational environment. Conclusion: The current study explained that students' perception of their educational environment is more positive than negative. It was clear that educational environment does not have an enormous impact on academic achievement of students as commonly perceived. Recommendations: Emphasis on developing students' skill rather than just transfer of factual knowledge, using active learning techniques like small group discussion.