Level of clinical competency and associated factors of nursing students in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing the clinical level of competency in nursing students is crucial as it represents the ultimate goal of nursing education. Poor competency result in low performance and can be affected by various factors. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify level of clinical competency and associated factors of nursing students in Ethiopia.

Methods

systematic review and meta-analysis was employed. Searching strategy was conducted from January up to march 2024 from Web of Science, PubMed and Google Scholar. The quality of studies was assessed using PRISMA checklist. A meta-analysis was performed using R Studio with the meta package Version 1.4.1106.

Results

in total, 145 studies were identified through database search, and only 7 studies were included in the

SUBMITTER: Workneh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465900 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature