Background: Clinical skills training related to personal hygiene causes anxiety and stress among nursing students due to the\nfact that they use each other as ââ?¬Å?patientsââ?¬Â. To justify this learning activity more knowledge about the studentsââ?¬â?¢ experiences and\nlearning outcome is needed.\nAim: To describe how nursing students experience clinical skills training using one another as ââ?¬Å?patientââ?¬Â.\nMethod: Qualitative descriptive design. The sample was 187 nursing student in the first year of study, previous of their first\nclinical practice in nursing homes. Data collection was performed with questionnaires with open-ended questions. Inductive\ncontent analysis was performed.\nResults: The studentsââ?¬â?¢ experiences being ââ?¬Å?patientââ?¬Â was condensed into 12 subcategories, underlying the four categories: Tention\nrelated to the role play, physical and mental vulnerability, assessment of the care and learning through bodily experience.\nDescriptions about being ââ?¬Å?nurseââ?¬Â ended in 12 subcategories an the four categories: Awareness of being in a role, to gain\nexperience of being a nurse, turning oneââ?¬â?¢s attention to the other and feeling prepared to clinical practice.\nConclusions: Performing and coping the challenging learning activity seems to increase the studentsââ?¬â?¢ self-confidence related to\nthe coming clinical practice.
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