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Identifying changes in comfort and worry among pediatric nursing students following clinical rotations
Madeline Lassche1, Sharifa Al-Qaaydeh, Christopher I Macintosh
1University of Utah, College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Madeline.lassche@nurs.utah.edu
Abstract:
Pediatric nursing clinicals often cause feelings of worry, thus hindering students' discovery. This study sought to identify worry-provoking elements before and after pediatric clinical rotations. Participants included 100 pediatric nursing students. A descriptive, exploratory, quantitative design was used to explore student worry using the Pediatric Student Comfort and Worry Assessment Tool. Pre- and post-test scores were calculated to evaluate changes in worry and comfort. The item that changed the most was comfort in assessment, whereas worry regarding causing a child pain changed the least. These data suggest the significant need in identifying worries to improve confidence in performance for pediatric clinical.
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