NURSING STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES OF CLINICAL LEARNING IN EMERGENCY WARD: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

training internship period has a fundamental role in forming basic skills and
professional abilities of nursing students. Training in emergency unit is more important than other
units. The goal of this study was to explore the nursing students' training experiences in emergency
wards.
Methods: this is a qualitative-research study in which 12 nursing students involved in. students’
experiences which had been collected using in-depth face to face interviews and written narratives
methods, were analyzed using conventional content analysis.
Results: since a huge number of primary themes were obtained by analyzing the narratives, they were
summarized into five main themes including , an opportunity for gaining more clinical skills,
confidence as a way of staff- students relationship, promoting practical self-efficacy along with
continuous stress, training experience in a turbulent situation, and paradoxical experiences in
educational reality.
Conclusion: although there are clear strengths in emergency unit training, there are some weaknesses
as well, that can be eliminated by more clarification, employing proficient instructors and further
educational supervision