Nursing graduate's views regarding the use of specialized courses in clinical training

The gap between what is taught in the classroom and at the bedside to provide services is a major problem in training of nursing and midwifery students. This study aims to investigate the views of nursing and midwifery personnel in relation to the clinical application of nursing and midwifery courses. This cross-sectional study investigated all nursing and midwifery staff employed by the government hospital in Yazd city with work experience of 6 months to 5 years. The data collection tools was a questionnaire consisted of two parts; demographics data and viewpoints of clinical application of training courses. Principles and skills of nursing (97. 0 ± 95. 3), intensive care nursing (1. 05 ± 3. 80)، medical and surgical nursing 3 and 4 gained the highest score and community health gained the lowest score. The highest mean scores in midwifery were related to obstetrics and maternal and child nutrition and Anesthetics gained the lowest score. Coordination between theoretical learning and clinical nursing and midwifery services should be improved. Decision makers should consider these findings to improve the quality of low score courses.