An Empowerment Programme for Nursing Students to Combat Challenges Faced During Clinical Placement

Nursing education is composed of two harmonizing parts: theoretical training and practical training. A vast part of nursing education is sustained out in clinical environments. Thus, clinical education is central part of the nursing education program. The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Empowerment Programme for nursing students to combat challenges faced during clinical placement. The research study utilized Quantitative approach. Pre experimental one group pretest post test design was adopted for the study. Quota sampling technique was used in this study. The pretest data was collected from the participants by using modified Likert scale to assess the challenges faced by the Nursing students during the clinical placement. An empowerment programme was given to the students. On the third day, after completing the Empowerment programme, the investigator assessed the posttest level of to combat challenges faced during the clinical placement by modified Likert Scale. The calculated “t” value (t=4.794) was found to be statistically significant at p<0.05 level of significance. This clearly indicated that there were differences in the ability of the nursing students to combat challenges faced during clinical placement.