Nursing students' perceptions on motivation strategies to enhance academic achievement through blended learning: A qualitative study

• Published in: Heliyon Vol. 8; no. 7; p. e09818
• Main Authors: Al-Osaimi, Dalyal Nader, Fawaz, Mirna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Blended learning; Motivation; Nursing students; Qualitative; Nursing students; Academic achievement; Motivation; Qualitative; Blended learning
• ISSN: 2405-8440; 2405-8440
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09818

Students who are motivated to learn novel knowledge and skills are needed to provide high-quality nursing services. Student nurses increasingly lose motivation as their program progresses due to various factors, especially in light of the recent academic situation with online education. As a result, the purpose of this study is to elucidate ways for improving academic motivation among Saudi nursing people who enrolled in blended learning. This study used a qualitative exploratory study design based on the phenomenological exploration, with 20 nursing students from a prominent Saudi institution. The qualitative analysis of the verbatim conveyed by the student nurses has yielded in the emergence of two main themes; “Extrinsic Motivation” and “Intrinsic Motivation”. Under the first theme the following subthemes emerged; “University support through policy”, “Instructor skills and communication”, “Curricular organization”, “Quality clinical experiences”, and “Conducive blended environment”, while under “Intrinsic Motivation”, the thematic analysis resulted in, “Coping with blended environment” and “Control over learning process”. Educators, students, academic staff, and clinical training are all identified as areas where academic motivation can be improved. In principle, boosting educational quality and instilling a good attitude among nursing students boost academic motivation.
•One of the most difficult challenges confronting today's instructors is motivation.•The employment of BL in the nursing curriculum has expanded dramatically in current years.•Students and nurses require immediate motivation in order to carry out health-related obligations in a new complex system.•Saudi nursing students indicated the need for university and instructor academic support to increase motivation.•Saudi nursing students expressed the importance of quality clinical education in enhancing motivation.
Motivation; Nursing students; Blended learning; Academic achievement; Qualitative.