Challenges in the Clinical Environment: The Saudi Student Nurses’ Experience

Table 4

Relationship of age, yearly academic level, and GPA towards clinical challenges and implications.

Challenges and implications	Spearman rank correlation coefficient	value	Remarks
Age
Insufficient competence	−0.103	0.128	Not significant
Ambiguous evaluation	0.138	0.041	Significant
Unsupportive learning environment	0.024	0.727	Not significant
Implications to learning outcomes	0.080	0.235	Not significant
Academic level
Insufficient competence	−0.153	0.023	Significant
Ambiguous evaluation	−0.009	0.890	Not significant
Unsupportive learning environment	−0.093	0.168	Not significant
Implications to learning outcomes	−0.039	0.565	Not significant
GPA
Insufficient competence	−0.013	0.850	Not significant
Ambiguous evaluation	0.100	0.138	Not significant
Unsupportive learning environment	0.086	0.206	Not significant
Implications to learning outcomes	0.155	0.021	Significant

p value significant at < 0.05.