Research Article
Challenges in the Clinical Environment: The Saudi Student Nurses’ Experience
Table 5
Differences of students’ perception towards clinical challenges and implications in terms of civil status and stream of study.
| | Mean | Mann–Whitney U value | value | Remarks |
| Gender | | | | | | Insufficient competence | Male | 1.7546 | 213.00 | 0.795 | Not significant | Female | 1.6689 | | | | Ambiguous evaluation | Male | 2.0162 | 5220.00 | 0.807 | Not significant | Female | 1.9527 | | | | Unsupportive learning environment | Male | 1.9556 | 5108.00 | 0.619 | Not significant | Female | 1.8324 | | | | Implications to learning outcomes | Male | 1.9113 | 4879.5 | 0.311 | Not significant | Female | 1.9974 | | | |
| Civil status | | | | | | Insufficient competence | Single | 1.7951 | 3926.00 | 0.012 | Significant | Married | 1.4769 | | | | Ambiguous evaluation | Single | 2.0000 | 4721.00 | 0.506 | Not significant | Married | 1.9256 | | | | Unsupportive learning environment | Single | 1.8838 | 4622.00 | 0.370 | Not significant | Married | 1.8585 | | | | Implications to learning outcomes | Single | 1.9725 | 4969.00 | 0.933 | Not significant | Married | 1.9751 | | | |
| Stream of study | | | | | | Insufficient competence | BS | 1.7786 | 4705.50 | 0.042 | Significant | Bridging | 1.5569 | | | | Ambiguous evaluation | BS | 1.9281 | 5250.00 | 0.403 | Not significant | Bridging | 2.0514 | | | | Unsupportive learning environment | BS | 1.8770 | 5368.00 | 0.565 | Not significant | Bridging | 1.8654 | | | | Implications to learning outcomes | BS | 1.8843 | 4698.00 | 0.041 | Significant | Bridging | 2.1149 | | | |
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p value significant at < 0.05. |