1. Tiwari A, Lam D, Yuen KH, Chan R, Fung T, Chan S. Student learning
in clinical nursing education: Perceptions of the relationship between
assessment and learning. Nurse Educ Today 2005;25:299‑308.
2. Cheraghi MA, Salasli M, Ahmadi F. Factors influencing the clinical
preparation of BS nursing student interns in Iran. Int J Nurs Pract
2008;14:26‑33.
3. Killam LA, Heerschap C. Challenges to student learning in the
clinical setting: A qualitative descriptive study. Nurse Educ Today
2013;33:684‑91.
4. Chan DSK, Ip WY. Perception of hospital learning environment:
A survey of Hong kong nursing students. Nurse Educ Today
2007;27:677‑84.
5. Papp I, Markkanen M, Bonsdorff M. Clinical environment as a
learning environment: Student nurses’ perceptions concerning
clinical learning experiences. Nurse Educ Today 2003;23:262‑8.
6. Algoso M, Peters K. The experiences of undergraduate assistants
in nursing (AIN). Nurse Educ Today 2012;32:192‑202.
7. Najimi A, Sharifirad G, Amini MM, Meftagh SD. Academic failure
and students’ viewpoint: The influence of individual, internal and
external organizational factors. J Educ Health Promot 2013;2:1‑4.
8. Henderson A, Winch S, Grugan C, Henney R, McCoy R. Working
from the inside’: An infrastructure for the continuing development of
nurses’ professional clinical practice. J Nurs Manag 2005;13:106‑10.
9. Henderson A, Twentyman M, Heel A, Lloyd B. Students perception
of the psycho‑social clinical learning environment: An evaluation
of placement models. Nurse Educ Today 2006;26:564‑71.
10. Chan D. Development of the clinical learning environment inventory:
Using the theoretical framework of learning environment studies to
assess nursing students’ perceptions of the hospital as a learning
environment. J Nurs Educ 2002;41:69‑75.
11. Lewin D. Clinical learning environments for student nurses:
Key indices from two studies compared over a 25 year period.
Nurse Educ Pract 2007;7:238‑46.
12. Chan D. Development of an innovative tool to assess hospital
learning environments. Nurse Educ Today 2001;21:624‑31.
13. Rahmani A, Zamanzadeh V, Abdul‑zadeh F, Lotfi M, Bani S,
Hassanpour S. Clinical learning environment in viewpoints of
nursing students in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Iran J
Nurs Midwifery Res 2011;16:253‑6.14. Anthony M, Yastik J. Nursing students experienceswith incivility in
clinical education. J Nurs Educ 2011;50:140‑4.
15. Sharif F, Masoumi S. A qualitative study of nursing student
experiences of clinical practice. BMC Nurs 2005;4:1‑7.
16. Pearcey PA, Elliot BE. Student impressions of clinical nursing. Nurse
Educ Today 2004;24:382‑7.
17. Dehghan Nayeri N, Nazari AA, Salsali M. Iranian staff nurses’ views
of their productivity and human resource factors improving and
impeding it: A qualitative study. Hum Resour Health 2005;3:9.
18. Adib Hagbaghery M, Salasli M, Ahmadi F. A qualitative study of
Iranian nurses’ understanding and experiences of professional
power. Hum Resour Health 2004;2:1‑14.
19. Salehi S, Taleghani F, Afghari P, Moghadasi MH. Investigating the
efficiency of nursing education program from the perspective of
graduate students of nursing and midwifery. Iran J Nurs Midwifery
Res 2012;17:284‑9.
20. Cheraghi MA, Salsali M, Ahmadi F. Iranian nurses’ perceptions of
theoretical knowledge transfer into clinical practice: A grounded
theory approach. Nurs Health Sci 2007;9:212‑20.
21. Halter MJ, Kleiner C, Hess RF. The experience of nursing students
in online doctoral program in nursing: A phenomenological study.
Int J Nurs Stud 2006;43:99‑105.
22. Munhall LP. Aqualitative perspective. 4th ed. Sudbury, Massachusetts:
Jones and Bartlett; 2007.
23. Streubert HJ, Carpenter DR. Qualitative Research in Nursing:
Advancing the Humanistic Imperative. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2011.
24. Strauss A, Corbin J. Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded
Theory Procedures and Techniques. Newbury. Park, CA.: Sage
Publications; 1998.
25. Green J, Thorogood N. Qualitative methods for health research.
1st ed. London: SAGE Publications; 2004.
26. Morse JM, Field PA. Nursing Research: The application of qualitative
approaches. Cheltenham, UK: Nelson Thornes; 1995.
27. Gbrich C. Qualitative data analysis: An introduction. 1st ed. London:
SAGE Publications; 2007.
28. Tabari Khomeiran R, Yekta ZP, Kiger AM, Ahmadi F. Professional
competence: Factors described by nurses as influencing their
development. Int Nurs Rev 2006;53:66‑72.
29. Griscti O, Jacono B, Jacono J. The nurse educator’s clinical role.
J Adv Nurs 2005;50:84‑92.
30. Edwards H, Smith S, Courtney M, Finlayson K, Chapman H.
Impact of clinical placement location on nursing students
competence and preparedness for practice. Nurse Educ Today
2004;24:148‑55.
31. Randle J. The effect of a 3 year pre‑registration course on
students’self‑esteem. J Clin Nurs 2001;10:293‑300.
32. Andrews GJ, Brodie DA, Andrew JP, Hillan E, Thomas BG,
Wong J, et al. Professional roles and communications in clinical
placements: A qualitative study of nursing students’ perceptions
and some models for practice. Int J Nurs Stud 2006;43:861‑74.
33. Jonsén E, Melender HL, Hilli Y. Finnish and Swedish nursing
students’ experiences of their first clinical practice placement ‑ A
qualitative study. Nurse Educ Today 2013;33:297‑302.
34. Loffmark A, Wikblad K. Facilitating and obstructing factors for
development of learning in clinical practice: A student perspective.
J Adv Nurs 2001;34:43‑50.
35. Cheraghi MA, Salsali M, Safari M. Ambiguity in knowledge
transfer: The role of theory‑practice gap. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res
2010;15:155‑66.
36. Bourbonnais FF, Langford S, Giannantonio L. Development of
a clinical evaluation tool for baccalaureate nursing students.
Nurse Educ Pract 2008;8:62‑71.
37. Walsh T, Jairath N, Paterson MA, Grandjean C. Quality and
safety education for nurses clinical evaluation tool. J Nurs Educ
2010;49:517‑22.
38. Wass V, McGibbon D, Van der Vleuten C. Composite Undergraduate
Clinical Examinations: How Should the Components be Combined
to Maximize Reliability? Med Educ 2001;35:326‑30.
39. Allan HT, Smith PA, Lorenzon M. Leadership for learning: Literature
study of leadership for learning in clinical practice. J Nurs Manag
2008;16:545‑55.
40. Prato DD, Bankert E, Grust P, J J. Transforming nursing education:
A review of stressors and strategies that support students’
professional socialization. Adv Med Educ Pract 2011;2:109‑16.
41. Salminen L, Minna S, Sanna K, Jouko K, Helena LK. The competence
and the cooperation of nurse educators. Nurse Educ Today
2013;33:1376‑81.
42. Melincavage SM. Student nurses’ experiences of anxiety in the
clinical setting. Nurse Educ Today 2011;31:785‑9.
43. Gidman J, McIntosh A, Melling K, Smith D. Student perceptions of
support in practice. Nurse Educ Pract 2011;11:351‑5.
44. Killam LA, Mossey S, Montgomery P, Timmermans KE. First year
nursing students’ viewpoints about compromised clinical safety.
Nurse Educ Today 2013;33:475‑80.
45. Lofmark A, Wikblad K. Issues and innovations in nursing education:
Facilitating and obstructing factors for development of learning in
clinical practice: A student perspective. J Adv Nurs 2001;3:43‑50.
46. Thorkildsen K, Råholm MB. The essence of professional competence
experienced by Norwegian nurse students: A phenomenological
study. Nurse Educ Pract 2010;10:183‑8.