Nursing Students Perspective of their Rights in Clinical Evaluation : A Thematic Analysis Study

Nursing education has many challenges, one of which is the students’ rights in clinical evaluation. The purpose of this study was to investigate nursing students’ perspective of their rights in clinical evaluation. A qualitative study was conducted and analyzed using a thematic analysis approach to identify categories and themes in 13 nursing students (8 female and 5 male). After utilizing purposeful sampling data were collected via semistructure interviews. MAXQDA 10 was used to organize and explore coded transcripts.The data were classified into four major themes: unawareness of own rights, unfair evaluation, unreasonable expectation & bullying, and unstructured evaluation. The findings indicated that the main concern of nursing students was lack of awareness of their rights. It is argued that nursing students’ bill of rights should be developed in Iran. [Nikbakht-Nasrabadi A, Mohammadpour A, Abbasi A, Javadi. Iranian Nursing Students Perspective of their Rights in Clinical Evaluation: A Thematic Analysis Study Life Sci J 2012;9(4):5568-5574] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 826

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