. Monirsadat Nematollahi; . Fatemeh Esmaelzadeh; . Roghayeh Mehdipour-Rabori; . Behnaz Bagherian
Volume 10, Issue 7 , July 2020, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Despite the progress of health care and the application of new technology in thecare of patients, the need to train highly skilled and specialized nurses is inevitable. ...
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INTRODUCTION: Despite the progress of health care and the application of new technology in thecare of patients, the need to train highly skilled and specialized nurses is inevitable. Given that amaster’s degree in neonatal intensive care nursing has been recently established in Iran, the aim ofthe study was to explain the educational challenges of neonatal intensive care postgraduate nursingstudents in their perspective.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This conventional content analysis was performed by conductingsemi-structured interviews with 18 students of neonatal intensive care in X University of MedicalSciences from 2018 to 2019. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis. To establishthe reliability and validity of findings, Graneheim and Landman criteria were considered.RESULTS: Following the data analysis, two main categories were extracted: “theoretical educationchallenges” and “clinical education challenges.” The first main category was comprised of the followingsubcategories: “detachment of nursing department and hospital,” “defects in weekly scheduling,”“combination of care and treatment approaches in education,” “inconsistency between the contentof theoretical courses,” “limited collaboration between basic science and medical departments,” “lownumber of lecturers,” “lecturers’ unrealistic expectations,” and “the importance of the scoring system.”“Extended work shifts,” “a large number of students,” “lack of opportunity to do clinical practices,”“lack of training classes,” and “limited amenities in the hospital” were recognized as subcategoriesof the second category.CONCLUSION: Managers can address some of the students’ challenges and provide the opportunityto enhance the quality of education through being familiar with, considering and meetings the needsand expectations of these students.