Clinical Accompaniment Let the Voice of the Pre-Graduate Students Count

Nursing is a practice-based profession and it is essential that pre-graduate are socialised in the clinical learning environment from the beginning their training. Consequently, clinical accompaniment is regarded as a vital of a nursing programme to offer the necessary support to pregraduate . The objective of this study was to explore and describe pregraduate ’ view regarding the clinical accompaniment they received part of the clinical component of the four-year programme. In this study a , contextual, explorative, descriptive and interpretive research design used to explore and describe pre-graduate students’ views of clinical as part of the clinical component of the four-year programme. findings of the study were based on how students viewed clinical and they revealed: inadequate support from nurse educators, of resources, inadequate support from registered nurses, and disregard for status. Evaluating the clinical accompaniment of pre-graduate students a positive approach of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), gave students the to give inputs into the aspect that works well (positive) as well as challenges (negative aspects) as perceived by pre graduate students. The were utilised to draft an action plan to move towards excellence in clinical .