# Clinical learning environment for nursing students in operating rooms: Development of an evaluation scale

## TL;DR

This study developed a reliable and valid 32-item scale to evaluate the clinical learning environment for nursing students in operating rooms.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a new evaluation scale for nursing students' clinical learning in operating rooms, validated for reliability and validity.

## Key findings

- The 32-item scale was developed through expert consultation and validated with high Cronbach's alpha (0.984).
- Split-half reliability of 0.937 confirmed the scale's internal consistency.
- The scale is effective for evaluating and improving clinical nursing education in operating rooms.

## Abstract

To develop a measurement tool to evaluate the clinical learning environment for nursing students in operating rooms.

In this study, a scale for evaluating the clinical learning environment for nursing students in operating rooms was developed and subjected to reliability and validity tests.

A cross-sectional, methodological study.

Qualitative interviews, the Delphi method, a literature review and pilot testing were employed to develop the scale. A purposive sampling method was used to select September 2021 through May 2022; a total of 227 nursing students with internship experience in operating rooms at several teaching hospitals in North China were selected to evaluate the reliability and validity of the scale.

The 32-item, four-dimensional evaluation scale was developed through two rounds of consultation with 17 experts. The reliability and validity test showed that the overall Cronbach's alpha was 0.984 and 0.96. The split-half reliability for the total scale was 0.937, indicating good reliability.

The proposed scale has high reliability and validity in evaluating the clinical learning environment of nursing students in operating rooms and improving clinical nursing education.