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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Med.
Sec. Healthcare Professions Education
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1458823
This article is part of the Research Topic Innovations in Teaching and Learning for Health Professions Educators View all 16 articles
Research progress of measuring tools for nursing students' clinical learning environment
Provisionally accepted- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
Objective: To understand the current situation and progress of clinical learning environment measurement tools for nursing students, this paper reviews the relevant research on clinical learning environment measurement tools for nursing students.Methods: Three databases (Web of Science, PubMed, and CNKI) were searched for relevant articles. Research articles that met specific criteria were included, with identified articles initially screened by title and keyword. Then the abstracts were screened for relevance, and the full text was read for validation before inclusion.Descriptive analysis was performed with relevant findings from data retrieved from various sources.: We included 19 articles that met the criteria, and introduced 9 measurement scales, which completed the reliability and validity test through empirical research, providing an important reference for the assessment of clinical learning environment for nursing students. The Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision instrument (CLESI) has been translated into many languages and is widely used. Conclusion: This review includes multiple clinical learning environment measurement tools for nursing students, which have important value in evaluating the clinical environment of nursing students and can provide reference for scholars to carry out relevant research and practice. It also introduces the research prospects in this field, aiming to inspire future research.
Keywords: nursing students, Clinical learning environment, Measuring tools, Research progress, Reviewed
Received: 03 Jul 2024; Accepted: 06 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Xu, wang and Wei. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Yun Xu, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
Qi Wei, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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