Objective To explore the status of clinical learning environment in undergraduate nursing students in the late clinical practice stage in Sichuan Province. Method The sampling was performed in a layered-randomized and geometric proportional way. A total of 1 027 nursing students from 6 nursing schools in Sichuan Province between May and July 2012 were included. Data were collected by the self-rating questionnaires, including demographic sheet, and the nursing clinical learning environment scale. Results The general score of evaluation for clinical learning environment by the nursing undergraduates was 144.99±26.60, and the average score of the items was 3.45±0.63. The average scores were 3.41±0.74, 3.59±0.64, 3.43±0.69, 3.45±0.73, 3.35±0.77, and 3.49±0.69, representing the personality, task orientation, working atmosphere and team spirit, innovation, interpersonal relation, and student participation, respectively. Conclusions The assessments about clinical learning environment of nursing undergraduates in Sichuan province are medium grade and the evaluation dimensions of personality and interpersonal relationships low. It is necessary to improve clinical learning environment in the future.

Citation： YANGXiao-ling, CHENHong. An Investigation of the Status of Clinical Learning Environment in Undergraduate Nursing Students' in the late Clinical Practice Stage in Sichuan Province. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(9): 1765-1769. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150506 Copy