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clinical placements essential nursing education understanding students challenges clinical context important educators nevertheless studies investigated students experiences clinical context rely methods ask participants generalize clinical experiences retrospectively study aimed explore nursing students experiences clinical activities clinical placements focus feelings competence challenge particular interest comparing momentary assessments clinical context retrospective interview data smartphones used ecological momentary assessment students experiences clinical activities fiveweek placements 21 nursing homes quantitative qualitative data collected interviews conducted placements 575 responses obtained showing finalyear nursing students rated competence significantly higher challenge significantly lower firstyear students analysis quantitative data using fourchannel flow model showed firstyear students activities significantly higher extent associated flow anxiety compared finalyear students conversely finalyear students activities significantly higher extent associated boredom firstyear students analysis students reflections resulted five themes specific activities challenging lack challenge learning developing reflects critically competence arrangement clinical placement finalyear nursing students significantly less challenged placements compared firstyear students overlap students described clinical experiences placements also striking differences firstyear students overwhelmed challenges placements viewed experiences valuable learning experiences afterwards finalyear students also described several challenging clinical activities placements none challenges brought afterwards interviews instead lack challenge emphasized momentary assessment thus enabled capturing data clinical activities may overlooked retrospective methods