Challenge of clinical education for critical care nursing students: qualitative content analysis

Clinical education is an important part of the education of nursing students, particularly critical care nursing student. The advancement of nursing education is related to clinical education. This study was conducted with aim” exploring of experience and Challenge of education for critical care nursing students”. This qualitative study was done from March to October 2013 in the school of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran, Iran. A total of 26 interviews were conducted of the master of critical care nursing. Data collecting was continued until saturating data. Interviews were done for 30 to 60 minutes. Data analysis was performed by conventional content analysis method. Participants were 9 women and 6 men. The age range of participants was between 25- 34. A total of 310 initial codes were extracted from the interview, which was formed two main categories: internal and external factors. In internal category appearance themes, lack of professional identity, lack of motivation, experience and external category appetence themes professional interactions gap of theory and practice, Instructor inefficient. According to the research findings, it is necessary, be considered.external category enhance professional interaction and the formation of professional identity of students. It is also important to be careful in the selection of clinical teachers. Due to the demands of students in education can help a lot in solving educational problems. Also, internal category could be solved a lot of challenges for critical care nursing training graduate students.