A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Clinical Accompaniment among Nursing Distance Learners

Suzana  Yusof; Sharifah Shafinaz  Sharif Abdullah; Fatimah  Sham; Angga  Wilandika

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3127

Authors

Suzana Yusof Centre for Nursing Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Alam Campus, Selangor, Malaysia.
Sharifah Shafinaz Sharif Abdullah Centre for Nursing Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Alam Campus, Selangor, Malaysia.
Fatimah Sham Centre for Nursing Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Alam Campus, Selangor, Malaysia.
Angga Wilandika Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas â€˜Aisyiyah Bandung, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3127

Keywords:

Experience, clinical accompaniment, distance learning, qualitative study

Abstract

Clinical accompaniment is essential to provide nursing students with a foundation to apply to practice. This study aimed to explore the e-PJJ nursing students' perception regarding their clinical accompaniment during their clinical placement. This qualitative phenomenology study was conducted using in-depth interviews and focus group discussion among eleven Bachelor of Nursing (e-PJJ) students. This study revealed three themes: Supervision in Clinical Placement; Student-centered Learning, and Feeling Stress as a Distance Learner. The need for clinical accompaniment among e-PJJ students was minimal, but they required written guidelines to facilitate them during a clinical attachment.

Keywords: Experience, clinical accompaniment, distance learners, qualitative study.

eISSN: 2398-4287 Â© 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peerâ€“review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3127