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Table 1 Characteristics of the student sample

From: Nursing students’ development of using physical assessment in clinical rotation—a stimulated recall study

Background information

Age-range1

Health-related work experience prior to education start (years)

Health-related work experience during education (shifts/week)

Number of PAS performed during patient encounter (N = 44)

Patient encounter time (minutes)

SRI time (minutes)

Student 1

1

2.5

2

8

24

42

Student 2

2

0

0

14

8

43

Student 3

1

0

2.5

12

13

27

Student 4

3

0.5

0

24

16

44

Student 5

1

6

2.5

17

Student 6

1

0

2

24

17

47

Student 7

1

6

2.5

14

27

34

Student 8

3

0

0

5

17

30

Student 9

2

5

2

13

16

31

  1. 1Age range: 1: 23–30 years old; 2: 31–40 years old; 3: 41–50 years old
  2. 2PAS Physical assessment skills