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Relationship Between Clinical Learning Environment and Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

مؤلف البحث
Eman Mohamed Ahamed, Om Hashem Gomaa Ragab, Sahar Fahmy Elsaud, Ghada Hassan Ahmed
مجلة البحث
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
تصنيف البحث
2
عدد البحث
Vol (8), Issue (20), Special No.(1)
موقع البحث
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
سنة البحث
2020
صفحات البحث
pp (175-182)
ملخص البحث

Students in learning environment learn how to apply knowledge, skills, communication and professionalization. So
the objective of clinical learning is to improve students' professional critical thinking and decision-making skills and
increase their self-confidence. Aim: the study aims to determine the Relationship between clinical learning
environment and students’ critical thinking skills. Research design: a correlational descriptive design used to
conduct this study. Setting: the study conducted in faculty of nursing South Valley University. Subject: random
sample from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years’ students to carry out the study total sample 384 students. Tools: three tools were
used, 1st: personal data and a question, does the clinical learning environment enhances your critical thinking skills?
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nd: Clinical Learning Environment Inventory and 3
rd: California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Results: the present
study findings that there was satisfactory students’ result 75% of clinical learning environment the mean and
standard deviation 101.14±11.82. Satisfactory 91.7% critical thinking skills the mean and standard deviation was
202.71±23.36. Students’ self-confidence was 100.0% unsatisfactory. Conclusion: There was satisfactory clinical
learning environment in relation to satisfactory critical thinking skills and that in agreement with students’
perception. Recommendations: faculty staff members at all departments should improve clinical learning
environment to enhance critical thinking skills. Improve students’ self-confidence through: close supervision, good
communication and training programs.