The Effect of A Blood Pressure Measurement Training on Improving Nursing Students' Performance

Background: Clinical learning offers students an opportunity to practice and expand their skills, develop their professional identity, and apply theoretical and practical knowledge to the clinical setting. Aim: To investigate the effect of a blood pressure measurement training on improving nursing students' performance. Setting: This study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University. Sample: A simple random sample technique of 280 nursing students who enrolled in the Adult Health Nursing course in the 1st year during the academic year 2023 -2024. Study design: A quasi-experimental research design was used in the conduction of this study. Tool: Blood Pressure Evaluation Rubric was used to assess students' performance. Results: More than four-fifths (85%) of studied nursing students had a competent level of clinical performance regarding blood pressure measurement during the post-test phase, followed by the phase of follow-up test (77.1%) as compared with the phase of the pre-test (19.6%). Conclusion: The blood pressure measurement training had a positive effect on improving nursing students' performance in relation to blood pressure. Recommendations: Examine the effectiveness of nursing students’ clinical performance of blood pressure measurement in their career. Conduct an educational program on a large sample in different colleges in order to generalize the results of the research.