Abstract:

Objective To investigate the status of male nursing students’ clinical practice behaviors during internship. Methods A total of 189 male nursing students were investigated by general data questionnaire and clinical practice behavior evaluation of nursing undergraduates in 5 tertiary general hospitals in Jinan,Shandong province. Results The total score of clinical practice behaviors was（105.00±13.69）,and the score of emotion dimension,operation skill dimension and cognition dimension were（3.90±0.53）,（3.83±0.57）,（3.49±0.52） respectively. The three items that scored highest“protect patient privacy”“treat patients equally”and“explain to patients before performing care procedures”were all in the emotional dimension. The three items with the lowest scores“revising nursing plan”“making individual nursing goals”and“evaluating nursing effects”all belonged to the cognitive dimension. 88.9% male students liked nursing and 82.0% wanted to be a nurse after graduation. Students who liked nursing or not,attended hospital internship training or not,were satisfied with the clinical instructors or not,and were willing to be a nurse after graduation or not had different scores of clinical practice behaviors（P<0.05）. Conclusion Male nursing students’ clinical practice behaviors level is above average and their cognitive performance is relatively poor. Nursing educators and administrators should provide professional and emotional education and career planning guidance to male students,conduct regular job training,and cultivate the qualified clinical instructors to promote the improvement of clinical practice ability of male students.

Key words: Clinical Clerkship, Self Report, Students, nursing, male, Clinical practice behavior