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

Table 9

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

	Total			Not practice			Practice			Mann–Whitney; test; 2-tailed
	(%)	Mean	SD	(%)	Mean	SD	(%)	Mean	SD
We should have more time to practice in the laboratory	92 (96)	3.26	1,039	38 (100)	3.35	1033	54 (98)	3.19	1049	−.857	.391
I am content with my preparedness to conduct the procedure before clinical practice	93 (97)	3.99	.571	38 (100)	3.84	.442	55 (100)	4.09	.628	2614	.009
The training session contributed to a good basis for conducting the same in clinical practice	91 (95)	3.47	1,114	37 (98)	3.17	1159	54 (98)	3.67	1,043	2,109	.035
It was easier than expected to perform the procedure in clinical practice	85 (89)	3.88	.822	35 (92)	3.68	.945	50 (91)	4.02	.699	1,487	.137
To conduct the procedure in clinical practice was similar to the one in the training session in the laboratory	83 (87)	2.96	.920	33 (87)	2.75	.880	50 (91)	3.10	.928	1,745	.081
I am confident that I will master the procedure with a real patient in clinical practice	86 (90)	4.24	.790	35 (92)	4.29	.524	51 (93)	4.20	.935	−.273	.785
The internship has strengthened my decision to become a nurse	86 (90)	4.54	.591	35 (92)	4.41	.609	51 (93)	4.63	.566	1,789	.074