Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava
Assessing the Merits and Effectiveness of Peer Teaching in Small Groups through the Employment of Different Learning Media
Avicenna journal of medicine
nurses professional competencies play significant role providing safe care patients identifying acquired expected competencies nursing education gaps good guide nursing education institutions improve educational practices descriptivecomparative study students perception acquired competencies expected competencies perspective iranian nursing faculties collected two equivalent questionnaires consisting 85 items covering 17 competencies across 5 domains cluster sampling technique employed 721 finalyear nursing students 365 iranian nursing faculties data analyzed using descriptive statistics independent ttests results study showed highest scores students acquired competencies nursing faculties expected competencies work readiness professional development mean 354 sd 039 430 sd 045 respectively also lowest score groups evidencebased nursing care mean 274 sd 055 374 sd 057 respectively comparison competencies viewed groups students faculties showed difference two groups mean scores significant 5 corecompetencies 17 subcore competencies p 001 evidencebased nursing care highest mean difference mean diff 1 professional nursing process lowest mean difference mean diff 070 results study highlight concerns gap expected achieved competencies iran research recommended identify reasons gap two plan reduce require greater collaboration healthcare institutions nursing schools