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Objectives: To assess the physical assessment skills, barriers encountered in clinical setting and to identify related factors in nursing students at Duy Tan University.
Method: A cross-sectional study design was utilized among 178 nursing students at Duy Tan University in 2023.
Results: Of the 30 physical assessment skills surveyed, 18 were regularly or frequently performed (60%), 11 were occasionally or rarely used (36.4%), and 1 was learned but almost never performed (3.6%, assess for PERRLA). Participants had a mean BNUPAS score of 2.9 ± 0.7. Barriers for these students came mainly from “lack of time and interruptions” (3.3 ±0.9) and “lack of confidence” (3.3 ± 0.6). There were statistically significant differences between academic year, gender, GPA and some physical examination skills (p < 0.05), and no significant differences between those factors and barriers encountered in clinical setting.
Conclusion: The physical assessment skills of nursing students need to be improved and there were many barriers encountered in clinical setting. There was a real need for increasing study hours about physical assessment skills and supporting for physical assessment performance during clinical practice by hospital.
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