Training Nursing Skills: A Quantitative Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences before and after Clinical Practice

Table 5

Perceptions of all respondents, after clinical practice (Questionnaire 2).

	(%)	Mean	SD
We should have more time to practice in the laboratory	95 (60)	3.26	1031
I am content with my preparedness to conduct the procedure before clinical practice	96 (61)	3.99	.584
The training session contributed to a good basis for conducting the same in clinical practice	94 (60)	3.46	1103
It was easier than expected to perform the procedure in clinical practice	87 (55)	3.88	.817
To conduct the procedure in clinical practice was similar to the one in the training session in the laboratory	85 (54)	2.98	.922
I am confident that I will master the procedure with a real patient in clinical practice	88 (56)	4.23	.797
The internship has strengthened my decision to become a nurse	88 (56)	4.55	.589

Scale: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = unsure, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly agree.