Introduction: Patient safety culture is a fundamental aspect of healthcare delivery, profoundly impacted by factors such as teamwork or organizational traits. Research on unfinished nursing care has underscored its importance in relation to patient safety. Objective: To explore the associations between perceived patient safety culture, unfinished nursing care, and the level of teamwork during the clinical placement of nursing students. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between September and December 2023 using a set of questionnaires comprising the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for Nursing Students, the Unfinished Nursing Care Survey for Students, and the Nursing Teamwork Survey. The study involved 242 Slovak nursing students. Results: Significant associations were found between nursing students' perceptions of patient safety culture, the level of teamwork, and particular reasons for unfinished nursing care. Four dimensions of patient safety culture predicted the level of teamwork (p < 0.05) and explained 49.1% of the variability in the teamwork perceived during clinical placement. Conclusion: Understanding nursing students' perceptions of patient safety culture and its influencing factors is essential for enhancing the safe provision of nursing care. Future research should continue to explore the dynamic interaction between investigated variables to inform educational and organizational interventions aimed at improving patient care outcomes.

• MeSH
• Patient Safety * statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Adult MeSH
• Clinical Clerkship methods   statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Nursing Care methods   MeSH
• Practice Patterns, Nurses' MeSH
• Cross-Sectional Studies MeSH
• Students, Nursing * statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Patient Care Team statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Check Tag
• Adult MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Publication type
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
• Geographicals
• Slovakia MeSH

Aim: The study aimed to describe how undergraduate nursing students evaluated the clinical learning environment of their studies during the Covid-19 pandemic. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Methods: The research sample of 49 full-time students who completed their first year clinical practice in the academic year of 2018/2019 was followed over three years of study. The Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher evaluation scale (CLES+T) was used for data collection. Quantitative data were evaluated using descriptive and inductive statistics. Results: Overall, students evaluated the clinical environment throughout their studies as average. Interaction with a tutor received the lowest rating, while relationship with mentor and external factors of the clinical environment (nursing management and nursing care in the workplace) received the highest rating. Second-year students rated the practice environment most highly. Students were satisfied with individual supervision in the first two years. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, group supervision prevailed in the third year, resulting in reduced student satisfaction. Conclusion: Students' perception of the clinical learning environment changed during their studies. These changes were driven by the quality of certain academic and clinical factors. The Covid-19 pandemic represented a significant impingement on the course and organization of clinical practice.

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• COVID-19 MeSH
• Clinical Clerkship * methods   organization & administration   statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Qualitative Research MeSH
• Judgment MeSH
• Hospitals MeSH
• Perception MeSH
• Surveys and Questionnaires MeSH
• Students, Nursing * statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Education, Nursing methods   organization & administration   statistics & numerical data   MeSH
• Publication type
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
• Geographicals
• Czech Republic MeSH