Background: There are many barriers experienced by nursing students and affect
the quality of practical training and also affect students' satisfaction about their training.
Aim: This study was conducted to assess practical training barriers among nursing
students in critical care settings Method: This study was conducted in Central laboratory
at Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University and Critical care settings at Ain Shams
University hospital. Sample: Purposive sample of 70 2nd year students were recruited in
the present study. Tools: 1) Student Interview Questionnaire.2) Student Satisfaction
Level Questionnaire. Results: The present study revealed that students' practical learning
is affected by many barriers including barriers related to communication between student
and faculty staff and nursing staff working at critical care units, lack of training
opportunities, lack of equipment and supplies, unavailability of simulators at skills lab
and presence of theory practice gap. Also, more than half of studied students are satisfied
with practical training at critical care settings. Conclusion: The results of this study
concluded that there were many barriers facing students during clinical training at critical
care (at hospital and faculty), also students have a moderate satisfactory level about their
practical training. Recommendations: Further studies should be designed to overcome
the barriers that have negative effect on clinical training quality and students' satisfaction
about their practical training at critical care units.