Veterinary Nursing students' experience in the clinical learning environment and factors affecting their perception

Student veterinary nurses (SVNs) spend a significant proportion of their training time within the clinical learning environment (CLE) of a veterinary practice. These clinical experiences are vital for building practical and professional skills. To evaluate the current satisfaction of SVNs in the CLE, a cross-sectional survey design was used incorporating a previously validated instrument. To provide understanding of factors that may affect the SVN satisfaction, additional validated tools were added across factors including resilience, wellbeing, personality and work place belonging. A total of 171 SVNs completed the survey. In addition two open questions were included to provide greater depth of understand of the SVN experiences. Results showed that 70.76% of respondents were satisfied/very satisfied with the CLE. Significant factors that affected the satisfaction scores included, depression, anxiety and stress (p=