School of Nursing, University of Al-Qadysiah, Al-Diwaniyah city, Iraq
To appraise reliability of Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure as a measure for nursing educational environment and to evaluate students’ perception of educational environment at Al-Qadysia Nursing School in Iraq. A descriptive cross-sectioinal questionnaire-based study conducted at Al-Qadysia Nursing School in the 2015/2016 academic year. The Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure inventory was administered to 336 undergraduate nursing students. Data were collected from 283 completed questionnaires and analysed using SPSS version 19.0. Participation rate was 95.3%. The study reporeted good to high overall internal consistency of Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure with an overall mean score of 102.6 out of 200 (51.3%) which indicates unsupportive educational environment. Also, mean Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure subscales scores were 23.3 out of 48 (48.54%) for Students’ Perception of Learning, 22.5 out of 44 (51.14%) for Students’ Perception of Teaching, 17.8 out of 32 (55.63%) for Students’ Academic Sefl-Perception, 23.3 out of 48 (48.54%) for Students’ Perception of Atmosphere and 15.8 out of 28 (56.43%) for Students’ Social Self-Perception. Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure has adequate reliability as an instrument for measurement of nursing educational environmnet. Also, students perceived educational environment at Al-Qadysia Nursing School seriously negative and in need of extensive modifications. However, they were somewhat assured about their academic ability and they have satisfactory social life.
Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure, nursing school, traditional curriculum, undergraduate students
