چكيده لاتين :
Introduction: Being skillful in practical techniques is considered as the outcomc of nursing system. This study aimed to investigate internship nursing studentsʹ viewpoints on their clinical skills in Islamic Azad University, Savch branch.
Methods: This was a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional approach. Of 70 internship nursing students were asked to fill in a questionnaire in order to ascertain their level of skill in doing some predetermined nursing techniques from weak to strong. Data were gathered using a researcher made tool based on nursing education curriculums of the Islamic Azad University and Iranian Ministry of Health. The tool was undergone validity and reliability procedures before utilization. The data were analysed using descriptive (frequency tabic, mean and standard deviation), as well as inferential statistics.
Results: Among the participants, 5% showed a poor level of clinical skill capability. In continue, 26%, 37%, 19,17%, 12.62% were found as weak, intermediate, suitable, strong, and not having practical experience respectively. Regarding educational skills, the majority of them (39.98%) was in intermediate level. In addition, 7.38%, 38.33%, 9.05% were weak, suitable, and strong respectively. There were significant correlations (r=0.241, P=0.045) between age and educational ability No.6 (skill in teaching to patients families and people to follow treatment and effectively come to term with it). It was reported that the students older, the skill higher. No other significant relationship was found.
Conclusion: The result suggested that the students recognized their practical skills in most of procedures as sufficient; also they determined their skill in a suitable level. With regard to some students weakness in achieving practical skill, and not experiencing some procedures, therefore, employing nursing instructors with a good record of practical experience, as well as selecting suitable teaching hospitals to remove the problem are recommended
