Scientific Journal of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedical Faculty

Abstract
Aims: Clinical learning environment has a very profound role in the education of health care students and specifically nursing students. Since students’ opinions and attitudes of paramount importance in the evaluation of this study aimed to investigate the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences nursing students' viewpoints regarding and factors affecting it.

Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study 165 nursing students of Kurdistan University of Sciences were selected using census sampling method and their ideas regarding were studied using a questionnaire with 42 questions. Mean, standard deviation, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman correlation coefficient were used for data analysis. The significance level at 05. 0≥p was approved.

Results: 159 patients (96.36%) of the surveyed students completed and returned the questionnaires completely. The mean and standard deviation of total score was 130.01± 13.25, which is above average. The highest mean score obtained was related to satisfaction (3.15 ± 0.48) and interpersonal relationship (3.19± 0.56) and the lowest was related to participation (3.03 ± 0.33) and individualization (3.02 ± 0.49). There was a significant relationship between the semester and the area of interpersonal relations, (0.001> p, r = -0.28).

Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that participation and individualization of weak and in order to compensate for this shortcoming, engaging students in education necessary