Factors Affecting Learning Atmosphere among Pediatric Nursing Students at Technical Institutes of Nursing

Abstract

Background:Learning is an active personal process. The student is the one who experiences the learning. Teachers cannot provide the experience; they can provide only the opportunity for the experience. The central activity of the teacher in the clinical setting is Clinical teaching is to plan to provide activities that will facilities learningAim of study: To assess factors affecting learning atmosphere among pediatric nursing student at Technical Institutes of Nursing. Research design: A descriptive design was used to conduct this study. Research settings: The study was conducted at four Technical Institutes of Nursing selected randomly from Giza and Cairo governorate. Subject: One hundred and twenty pediatric nursing students enrolled in academic year (2017/2018) at Technical Institutes of Nursing in the previously mentioned settings. Tool of data collection: Questionnaire sheet, Student evaluation of institute for being a media for learning , Job Stressor to assess the student stressor during training in the clinical area and likert like type rating scale to assess stressors related to nature of nursing profession related to evaluation process and an observation check list to assess media of learning in institute. Results: Revealed that more than half of studied students believe that the instructor did not had selfconfident, student not respect instructor knowledge, instructor not help to improve student skills leads to not feel confident due to increase knowledge and skills, instructor not do revision after clinical finish, evaluation steps not fair and instructor not close to students were factors affecting learning atmosphere. Conclusion: study could concluded that the media of learning and their clinical instructor nature of the nursing profession, evaluation process, different types of patient and nature of work were factors affecting learning atmosphere. Recommendation: it recommended that overcome factors affecting learning atmosphere among pediatric nursing student for facilitate learning through recruitment of adequate number of qualified teachers and prepare of experienced teachers.