Exploring factors that motivate nursing students to engage in skills practice in a laboratory setting: A descriptive qualitative design.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to explore factors that motivate students to engage in skills practice in a laboratory setting, and to identify their motivation types and the regulatory styles.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 nursing students from three universities between November 2017 and January 2018. A thematic analysis was used to identify factors associated with students' motivation to engage in skills practice in a laboratory. The types and the regulatory styles of student motivation were identified based on the self-determination theory.

Results

Seven motivating factors were identified. These factors included the students' desire "to acquire the skills necessary to work as a nurse", the "desire to improve skills in preparation f

SUBMITTER: Nakayoshi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859546 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature