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Abstract
Aim: To explore nursing students' satisfaction levels of each specific item and perceptions under the unprecedented abrupt online clinical practicum during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design: A mixed-method design comprises a questionnaire and qualitative content analysis.
Methods: The study used purposive sampling using data from nursing students in grade 3 of a 4-year bachelor RN programme at a technological university in the north of Taiwan, compiled from May 2021 to June 2021 using an online questionnaire. Students were invited to fill out a 5-point Likert scale to answer questions on their satisfaction with online clinical practicum and an open-ended question describing their experiences and perceptions of online clinical practicum. Quantitative data were analysed using the mean and standard deviation. Qualitative data were analysed using content analysis.
Results: A total of 157 nursing students participated. Students' overall satisfaction with online clinical practicum gained the lowest score with a mean score of 3.33 (±0.98). By contrast, students' satisfaction with the attitudes of teachers for online clinical practicum gained the highest score with a mean score of 4.53 (±0.69). Based on qualitative data analysis, the advantages of online clinical practicum include providing flexible learning time and space and improving the learning depth of the nursing profession; the disadvantages include the negative impact of long-term online learning on body and mind and difficulty replacing the learning in real clinic scenarios.
Conclusions: Students have a moderate level of overall satisfaction with online clinical practicum, but a high level of satisfaction with teachers' teaching attitudes. Students perceptions that online clinical practicum can provide flexible learning time and space and improve nursing professional knowledge through multiple teaching strategies; however, online virtual practicum can scarcely replace the real experience gained by nursing patients.
Impact: The findings highlight the value of online practicum in offering flexible learning opportunities and enhancing nursing knowledge through multiple teaching strategies. However, students also underscore the irreplaceable role of hands-on patient care experiences in developing comprehensive clinical competence, suggesting the need to balance virtual and real-world practicum in nursing education.
Patient or public contribution: No patient or public contribution.
期刊介绍：
Nursing Open is a peer reviewed open access journal that welcomes articles on all aspects of nursing and midwifery practice, research, education and policy. We aim to publish articles that contribute to the art and science of nursing and which have a positive impact on health either locally, nationally, regionally or globally
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