Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Operational Program to Improve the Quality of Basic Clinical Skills in Nursing Students in Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in 2017

摘要

Background & Objective: Nursing is a practice-oriented profession and one of the main parts of its education isclinical training. Nursing clinical skills will be deteriorated if not used properly. Therefore, this study aimed todesign, implement and evaluate an operational program to improve basic clinical skills in BSc nursing studentsbased on the Kern’s framework.Materials and Methods: This study was performed based on the stages of Kern’s framework to enhance basicclinical skills in nursing students in Abhar School of Nursing during 2016-2017 using single-group before-afterintervention method. To this end, after recognizing the problem of poor clinical skills in nursing students and aprimary needs assessment, the operational program and its method of evaluation were performed after beingapproved in the educational council of the school. During the research, reaction and knowledge of students beforethe program were compared to after the program based on the first and second stages of the Kirkpatrick model.Results: In the study, the scores of basic clinical skills test of students and their level of satisfaction significantlyincreased after the training program. According to the students, their anxiety decreased and their self-confidenceincreased in the clinical environment after the course.Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the implementation of the educational program could improvethe quality and quantity of clinical education in nursing students. Therefore, it is suggested that this type ofprogram be used by nursing education planners to enhance education quality.