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Unravelling The Complexities Of Nursing Students' Feedback On The Clinical Learning Environment: A Mixed Methods Approach, Yenna Salamonson, Bronwyn Everett, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Marie Hutchinson, Debra Jackson, Judy Mannix, Kathleen Peters, Roslyn Weaver

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Background Clinical placement is an essential part of nursing education, and students' experiences on clinical placement can affect the quality of their learning. Understanding nursing students' positive and negative perceptions of clinical placement experience is therefore important. Objectives To describe nursing students' satisfaction with their clinical placement experiences and identify any variations in satisfaction based on demographic characteristics. Design Mixed methods - online survey with qualitative items. Setting Four universities in Australia. Participants Students (n = 213) enrolled in an undergraduate nursing degree. Methods Between 2010 and 2012, students completed online surveys following their clinical placement experiences. The surveys included …