Nurse’s Perception of Student Clinical Competence in the Emergency Nursing Section of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Indonesia

Professional education has its own challenges in providing clinical learning experiences for students. One of the challenges is integrating theory and practice. The role of the preceptor is very important to bridge this integration so that students can achieve competencies as expected. The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of the clinical preceptor of the emergency nursing regarding clinical experience in guiding students to achieve competency in the emergency nursing. This research is a qualitative study of phenomenology. The participants in this study were 7 clinical preceptors in the department of emergency care at UMY nursing study program education hospital which included PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Yogyakarta, PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital, and PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital in Temanggung. The Data retrieval using semi-structured interview techniques. Data analysis using content analysis with open Code software. The results of this study found one main theme, that is the strategy and learning reinforcement consisting of two themes for the realm of knowledge, two themes for the realm of skills and three themes for the realm of attitude. There is should be a strategy and learning and mentoring reinforcement at the professional level in the knowledge, skills and attitudes realm. Keywords— nursing student competence, emergency clinical rotation, clinical preceptor, perception