Number of Clinical Internship Hours: A Determinant of Student's Effectiveness and Skill

Acquisition in the Hospital Area for Velez College Students

Significance of the study

The results of the study will be of great benefit to the following:

College of Nursing Dean. Data given will provide the dean information on how

the number of duty hours in a week affects the student’s academic and RLE performance.

The results will enable the dean to improve the scheduling of RLE and the different

academic subjects. Data gathered will help the dean initiate collaboration among faculty

and chair persons to help plan the advancement of nursing education in relation to the

new curriculum.

Clinical Instructors. The results of the study will help the clinical instructors

evaluate the quality of care rendered by the nursing students, academic performance,

attitude and skills acquired in relation to the number of hours given in a week. Results

would also develop the clinical instructor’s teaching-learning and evaluating strategies in

enhancing knowledge, skills and attitude to the students in the time frame given.

Students. This study will provide information regarding which time arrangement

is effective: 8-hr of clinical internship from 5-hr clinical internship with additional

academic classes. This study will evaluate the academic performance, the student nurse

attitude and approach, the skills learned in the clinical are, the quality of care rendered in

the given time frame. Data gathered will also help the students improve both academic

and clinical performance.

Velez College. This study will improve the school in the development of nursing

education. This study will foster new ways of enhancing knowledge, skills,and attitude

thus preparing globally-competitive nurses in the future. This study will also help in the
advancement of school management, clinical leadership and teaching-evaluation

approach.