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

Table 8

Comparison of students with and without previous practice in healthcare, after training session.

	Total			Not practice			Practice			Mann–Whitney; test; 2-tailed
	(%)	Mean	SD	(%)	Mean	SD	(%)	Mean	SD
Before the training session I was well prepared by reading the PCPN	151 (94)	3.34	1,183	69 (100)	3.51	1,171	82 (100)	3.20	1,180	1,705	.088
The training session was organized in a good way	151 (94)	3.71	.884	69 (100)	3.74	.885	82 (100)	3.68	.887	−.335	.737
I discovered during the session that I should have prepared myself better	150 (94)	3.29	1,096	69 (100)	3.45	1,119	81 (99)	3.16	1,066	1,603	.109
Students in my group used the training time effectively	150 (94)	4.23	.743	68 (99)	4.22	.666	82 (100)	4.23	.806	−.520	.603
I’m confident that I will master the bed bath with a real patient in clinical practice	151 (94)	4.04	.848	69 (100)	3.71	1,001	82 (100)	4.32	.564	4,195	.000
The training session made me want to seek more knowledge about the procedure	151 (94)	3.81	.836	69 (100)	4.04	.695	82 (100)	3.62	.898	2,849	.004
It’s my responsibility as a student to practice the procedures until practiced	151 (94)	4.64	.581	69 (100)	4.57	.630	82 (100)	4.71	.533	1,551	.121
Training sessions in the laboratory is a good way to prepare oneself for clinical practice	151 (94)	4.82	.418	69 (100)	4.83	.382	82 (100)	4.82	.448	−.183	.855

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