Background: Clinical training is an essential and fundamental aspect of nursing. Nursing student satisfaction is a significant outcome of clinical training setting efficiency and influences student learning outcomes in clinical placements. Aim: To evaluate nursing students' experiences and satisfaction with the clinical learning environment Design: A descriptive correlation design was used for the purpose of the study at college of Nursing in the Port Said city at Egypt, with 176 undergraduate nursing students. Methods: Clinical Learning and Supervision plus Nurse Teacher (CLES+T) scale was used as a research tool. Findings: The results showed the highest student satisfaction was with ward atmosphere (49.35%).More than half (52.3%) of students were satisfied with their learning placement, and the female students had a higher satisfaction level than male students (p= 0.000). Conclusion: It is crucial to evaluate the clinical training environment for nursing students, as a practical aspect is enhanced, which supports the theoretical part, and then assess the nursing teaching curriculum Also, there was a strong correlation between all sub-dimensions of Clinical Learning and student satisfaction. Recommendation: Based on the findings, further studies are needed to analyze the effect of the clinical learning environment on the practice of nursing students to improve clinical experience for nursing students and promote the professional nursing practice.

Background: Academic performanceis one of the most important indicators in evaluating education. Various factors are known to affect the academic performanceof students. Purpose: This study aimed to exploring relationship between learning approaches, reflective thinking, and academic performance among nursing students. Methods: descriptive correlational study. 168 students of both genders were selected from different levels of the nursing department. Data were collected from students using Revised Study Process Questionnaire, Reflective Thinking Questionnaire, and the final scores of students (GPA). Results: The majority of students were single (84.5%), more than two thirds with age group 21: >25 years of age, male are less than female, 84.5% of students have no children, one third of them was in the third level. Also, illustrates that 77.4% of the total students have high academic achievement, while only 22.6% have low academic achievement. There was a significant association between students’ learning approaches, reflective thinking, BMI, free from chronic disease was the only statistically significant independent positive predictors for higher student’s academic achievement. Conclusions: Based on the findings of the study, there was highly statistically significance between academic achievement of students with both real estate students learning approaches and reflective thinking.