Nursing Students' Perception Regarding Training Barriers at Burn Unit

Abstract

Background: Nursing students encounter serious barriers in burn units, as caring for theburned patient requires greater responsibility than in most types of serious illness. Aim:Assess nursing students' perception regarding training barriers at burn unit. Subjects andMethod: A descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at burnunit at Emergency Hospital in Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: The study's participantwas be recruited by systemic random sample of 285 students from second academic yearstudents. Method: The nursing students were met during their training at burn unit, thenursing students filled the questionnaire at a period ranged from 30 to 45 minutes. Tools:Two tools were used. Tool (one): Perception of Training Barriers at Burn Unit Questionnaire,it includes two parts Part I; Socio-demographic Data, Part II; Barriers Affecting NursingStudents' Training at Burn Unit Questionnaire; which assessed student nurses’ perceptionregarding physical, administrative, social, and psychological barrier. Tool (Two): Apsychometric scale, it includes two parts. Part I; Anxiety state assessment tool whichmeasured anxiety as state. Part II; Anxiety trait assessment tool which measured anxiety as atrait of the personality Results: About two third of students had moderate level of perceptionabout barriers affecting their training at burn unit. Conclusion and recommendation: Therewas highly statistically significant positive correlation among anxiety state score, anxiety traitand total perception score so it is important to teach nursing students coping strategies fordealing with stressful situations.