NET2019 - The congruence between Nursing students and patients' views of their relationship

Patients are the core of nursing education and they provide the reality of practice for students. The aim of this study was to describe and compare the congruence between Nursing students’ and patients’ views of their relationship as they had experienced it during the students’ clinical placements. The study compared data of cross-sectional cohort pairs of Nursing students and patients. The study found that students’ and patients’ views were quite congruent in inter-personal competence areas. Patients, however, tended to see the relationship as focusing more on the learning of students.