American Research Journal of Nursing

 Most important criteria for effective learning in nursing education is developing Clinical competency by nursing students. Clinical competence mean “is the ability to integrate cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills effectively when delivering nursing care.” The aim of this study was to investigate factors that influence learning by students in nursing education. To achieve this, first studies and theories related to the subjects taught in nursing were reviewed. Some of the most important variables which influence teaching- learning were selected. A descriptive research method was usedin this study. This study was at the Siva Sai Vignan Collegeof nursing , Rajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh. Nursing students were taken as statistical purposive population. Using census and questionnaire Technique, 162 nursing students were studied. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.Results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between independent variables including clinical learning environment, curricular, self efficacy traits, as well as interest, and dependent variable. Women significantly have accessed more clinical competence when compared to male students. There was no significant relationship between variables such as age, previous experience, socio economic data as well as expectancy, and dependent variable. The Regression analysis results showed that in total, clinical learning environment, gender, self efficacy beliefs and curricular variables explained 31/3 percent of the variance clinical competence as dependent variable. This study showed that the clinical learning environment and curriculum with self-efficacy had the great impact on clinical competency and learning in nursing education. The curriculum and clinical learning environment can have a significant impact on the learning and training of competent nurses.