Developing Strategies for Overcoming Challenges Faced by Postgraduate Nursing Students

Abstract

The demand for postgraduate education has escalated with the increasing lack of immediate employment after first degree, and the high demand for specialized skills by the public and private sectors. Postgraduate education enhances critical analysis of care, clinical judgment, and attendant progression to a new level of autonomous practice. In nursing, it contributes to increase professional behaviors of nurses, with more clinical confidence, and improved self- esteem. Improving postgraduate experience needs effective strategies to overcome the various challenges encountered by students. This would help attract new students and decease attrition. The aim of this study is investigating challenges faced by postgraduate nursing students and developing strategies for overcoming these challenges through investigating the challenges as reported by postgraduate nursing students at the faculty of nursing during their academic studies, developing strategies to overcome the challenges that will be identified, and assessing the face and content validity for the proposed strategies.