en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Context:</span></b> Teaching clinical skills to nursing students in pediatrics faces numerous challenges due to the specific characteristics of patients, complexities of care, and communication sensitivities. The aim of this study is to systematically review and analyze the most important barriers and challenges of clinical education in pediatrics to undergraduate nursing students.</span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Evidence Acquisition:</span></b> This study was conducted using a narrative review method and a structured search in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, SID, Magiran, and Google Scholar databases. Articles published between 2019 and 2024 that examined the challenges of clinical education in pediatric nursing at the undergraduate level were selected and analyzed. A total of 27 articles were reviewed based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.</span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Findings:</span></b> The results showed that the challenges of clinical education in pediatrics include students&#39; anxiety and fear, difficulty in communicating with children and families, lack of experienced instructors, limited clinical learning opportunities, weaknesses in curriculum design, emotional pressures, and lack of educational infrastructure. These barriers are effective at individual, environmental, organizational, and cultural levels.</span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Conclusion:</span></b> Improving the quality of clinical education in pediatrics requires reviewing educational programs, improving the capabilities of educators, using modern teaching-learning methods, and creating safe and collaborative clinical environments. The findings of this study can be a guide for educational planners and policymakers in the field of nursing education.</span></span></span></div> Clinical Education, Clinical Skills, Educational Challenges, Nursing Students, Pediatric Nursing 0 0 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-349-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Jalal Nourmohammadi Jalal_nurse@yahoo.com 10031947532846005230 10031947532846005230 No Ph.D Student of Nursing, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Mahnaz Ghaljeh ghaljeh.m@gmail.com 10031947532846005231 10031947532846005231 No Department of Nursing Management, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Science, Zahedan, Iran Fereshteh Ghaljaei ghaljaei.f51@gmail.com 10031947532846005232 10031947532846005232 Yes Professor of Nursing, Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery. Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences