One of the most critical experiences for student nurses is their exposure to patients in the

clinical. It is where they encounter the human side of nursing. From an educational perspective, the
clinical placement is the venue where skills, knowledge and attitudes developed in the theoretical part
of the curriculum are applied, developed and integrated (Newton et al. [38] 2010). Learning in clinical
practice provides up to half of the educational experience for students taking Bachelor of Science in
Nursing. Chan [11] (2009) accounts that among student nurses, the clinical nursing environments is
perceived as the most influential context for gaining nursing skills and knowledge. From a clinical
perspective, the nurses who preceptor and guide nursing students through weeks of learning
experiences see them as potential new recruits to their specialty field of nursing (Happel [21] 2008).

According to Afra; et. al 2015, many medical schools provide a program for early
clinical exposure to prepare first-year medical students for clinical education. Early
exposure of medical students to clinical experiences will enhance their professional
socialization process and will provide effective learning along with understanding. Early
exposure to a clinical medicine program helps new students to cope with tension and
job stress and improves their awareness of their profession the first years of medical
education (especially the first two years) are crucial to the success of medical students.
The success is due not to the knowledge gained, but the attitude and perceptions
formed in medical students on the role of physicians and status of medical knowledge.

Nursing is defined as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations (American
Nurses Association, 2012). It is also defined as the use of clinical judgment in the provision of care to
enable people to improve, maintain, or recover health, to cope with health problems, and to achieve the
best possible quality of life, whatever their disease or disability, until death (Royal College of Nursing
2003)

According to Booth (2002), Nursing is widely regarded as a noble profession in the society
because of the core value it promotes in its practice-which is the care of life. Public opinion polls identify
the nurse as a person who makes the healthcare system work for them. Therefore, a nurse is an
important person and nursing an equally important career to the health care system.