Clinical placement is being one of the underlying elements that need to be concerned which important venue for trainee nurses’ acquires their clinical competence. Edwards et al., (2004) stated that clinical training setting is very significant to competence acquisition and trainee nurses readiness for practice at workplace. According to the authors (ibid, 2004) the readiness of trainee nurses is related to the place of clinical placement they choose because the experience would be created by the trainee itself. Clinical placement is places that trainee nurses’ apply their knowledge that gain through academic pursuit of the reality of practice. Trainee nurses will apply their knowledge and skills either in rural or metropolitan location to get
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Spouse (2001) also argues the student gain experience of relating theory to practice during practical placement and this contributes to their professional development. Within the clinical placement, it will change the way of student view the real case setting. Most importantly, clinical placements provide opportunities for student nurses in order to gain experience and improve their level of performance. Clinical experience has been always an integral part of nursing education. This is because, it prepares student nurses to be able of "doing" as well as "knowing" the clinical principles in practice and make students more confident while embracing real cases in the workplace. According to Jackson and Mannix (2001) nursing students had the opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge which develops clinical skills during practical placement hence it is important that they learnt a variety of clinical skills to provide high quality of patient care, clinical skills development occurs in a wide variety of clinical settings. However, the overcrowded of the structure of the clinical setting can hinder the process of learning within the clinical practice. Thus, clinical experience is essential to nursing education and it is the foundation for bridging the gap between theory and practice (Benner et al.,
Spouse (2001) also argues the student gain experience of relating theory to practice during practical placement and this contributes to their professional development. Within the clinical placement, it will change the way of student view the real case setting. Most importantly, clinical placements provide opportunities for student nurses in order to gain experience and improve their level of performance. Clinical experience has been always an integral part of nursing education. This is because, it prepares student nurses to be able of "doing" as well as "knowing" the clinical principles in practice and make students more confident while embracing real cases in the workplace. According to Jackson and Mannix (2001) nursing students had the opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge which develops clinical skills during practical placement hence it is important that they learnt a variety of clinical skills to provide high quality of patient care, clinical skills development occurs in a wide variety of clinical settings. However, the overcrowded of the structure of the clinical setting can hinder the process of learning within the clinical practice. Thus, clinical experience is essential to nursing education and it is the foundation for bridging the gap between theory and practice (Benner et al.,