Challenges of nursing clinical education in world

Clinical education, the most important part of nursing education, is the integral part of professional education. The aim of this paper is to answer the question related to challenges in clinical training in Iran. In this article the literature review, Internet search and library studies about the challenges of clinical education with the key words "Clinical Education", "challenge" and "nurse" between the years 1997-2008, using databases such as MEDLINE and CINAHL, the ISI, and 10 qualitative articles related to keywords were selected & criticized. Based on the results of studies selected and according to key concepts discussed, it was shown that factors such as reducing importance of clinical education, lack of adequate access to clinical instructors, lack of proper coordination between faculty and clinical training facilities in the performance of hospitals, lack of proper time necessary for dealing with different cases of disease for the full practice learned in the clinical environment, lack of integration between clinical and theoretical training, stressful conditions and clinical problems. Major challenges in clinical education gap between theory and practice and the factors affecting its prevalence can be associated with teacher, educational environment, the system and the patient. Successful clinical nursing education, creative atmosphere without stress, the need to provide facilities, equipment, clinical review and clinical evaluation tools and processes has been confirmed in many studies. Improving performance of teachers and professional collaboration among experts can improve clinical education.