Nursing Students' Perception Regarding Training Barriers at Burn Unit

Abstract

Background: Nursing students encounter serious barriers in burn units, as caring for the burned patient requires greater responsibility than in most types of serious illness. Aim: Assess nursing students' perception regarding training barriers at burn unit. Subjects and Method: A descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at burn unit at Emergency Hospital in Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: The study's participant was be recruited by systemic random sample of 285 students from second academic year students. Method: The nursing students were met during their training at burn unit, the nursing students filled the questionnaire at a period ranged from 30 to 45 minutes. Tools: Two tools were used. Tool (one): Perception of Training Barriers at Burn Unit Questionnaire, it includes two parts Part I; Socio-demographic Data, Part II; Barriers Affecting Nursing Students' Training at Burn Unit Questionnaire; which assessed student nurses' perception regarding physical, administrative, social, and psychological barrier. Tool (Two): A psychometric scale, it includes two parts. Part I; Anxiety state assessment tool which measured anxiety as state. Part II; Anxiety trait assessment tool which measured anxiety as a trait of the personality Results: About two third of students had moderate level of perception about barriers affecting their training at burn unit. Conclusion and recommendation: There was highly statistically significant positive correlation among anxiety state score, anxiety trait and total perception score so it is important to teach nursing students coping strategies for dealing with stressful situations.