Open AccessExperiences of BSN Students regarding Application of Nursing Theories at Clinical
Author(s) -
Shireen Arif,
Alia Nasir
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jlumhs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.13
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-8627
pISSN - 1729-0341
DOI - 10.22442/jlumhs.191830635
Subject(s) - unavailability , medicine , nursing , phenomenology (philosophy) , qualitative research , nursing theory , nursing research , focus group , subject (documents) , medical education , medline , computer science , sociology , social science , philosophy , epistemology , library science , political science , law , anthropology , engineering , reliability engineering
OBJECTIVE: To explore the experiences of BSN students regarding application of nursing theories at the clinical practice. METHODOLOGY: Qualitative Phenomenology approach was used by using semi-structured questionnaire. Study was conducted at Ziauddin College of Nursing BSN Year IV Semester VIII students after completion of Nursing Theories course. Data was collected from four in-depth interviews from key informants and 3 Focus Groups having 6 members in each group. Data was collected till saturation occurs. Interviews were tape recorded and notes were also taken. Total 22 nursing students participated after signing consent form.RESULTS: The result of the study revealed challenges at clinical site under that helpless, unavailability of subject expert instructor, lack of clinical faculty interest, delay in assignment submission and no long term application were emerged as the categories of the data. CONCLUSION: The current study highlights the experiences of application of nursing theory while applying it at the clinical area. KEYWORDS: Nursing theory, Application of nursing theory, Clinical.