Developing Strategies for Overcoming Challenges Faced by Postgraduate Nursing Students | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 44, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 737-750 PDF (190.98 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.191669 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa Soliman Abdel-Khalik1; Samia Mohamed Adam,2; Hemat Abdel- Azeem3 | ||
| 1Prof. of Nursing Administration- Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 2Prof. of Nursing Administration- Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt | ||
| 3Assist. Prof of Nursing Administration -Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The research and thesis writing are critical components of postgraduate studies. Possible challenges affect the student's completion and attrition rate. In advocating for improved postgraduate experience, many postgraduate students adopted effective strategies in overcoming challenges encountered to be able to obtain their intended postgraduate degree certificate Aim: to investigate challenges faced by postgraduate nursing students, developing strategies for overcoming these challenges and assess face and content validity of the developed strategies. Design: A methodological study design was used at faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Sample: consisted of two categories, namely postgraduate nursing students (236 master and doctorate postgraduate students at their last semester of studies) and Juries.Tools:1) A Self- administered questionnaire for students 2) Opinionnaire sheet for Juries. Results: a majority of the postgraduate nursing students view a number of factors really challenging them during their postgraduate studies, as 88.6 % of students found time pressure for studying and working together followed by 81.4 found library and internet facilities are the highest challenging .Conclusion: the student-related challenges consider the most challenging for students in comparison with the institution and supervisor – related challenges, Among the student-related challenges, the financial ones are the most challenging, whereas the academic ones were the highest among the institution – related challenges Recommendations: The developed strategies should be presented to and discussed with postgraduate students in the study setting for the purpose of improvement and for ensuring their acceptability. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| postgraduate studies; challenges; strategies; Thesis writing; postgraduate students | ||
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