title: Evaluation of instruments developed to measure the clinical learning environment: an integrative review.
abstract: The nature of the clinical learning environment has a huge impact on student learning. This article reviews current methods available for evaluating the clinical learning environment. Five instruments were identified that measure the clinical learning environment. All of these instruments focus solely on the student perspective of the clinical learning environment. Although gaining student input is important, there are other perspectives that offer valuable insights on the nature of the clinical learning environment. The findings from this integrative review indicate the need for future development and testing of an instrument to evaluate the clinical learning environment from the staff nurse and nurse faculty perspective.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Clinical Coordinator, Department of Nursing, The College of New Jersey, Ewing; PhD Student in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Villanova University, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hooven
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires