Table 2.

Example of the coding process.

Analytical themes	Descriptive themes	Code (identifier)	Text segment
Learning processes implemented to stimulate critical thinking	Learning	Learning activities (LA)	The students explained the procedures and nursing skills they had learnt.
Organization of the learning process to stimulate critical thinking	Help and support	Mentoring (ME)	The lecturers avoided teaching the students on the forum and instead tried to give the students possibilities to solve the problems themselves. Giving support to think, compare, and reflect the students’ nursing actions.
Factors influencing the perception of the learning process	Technological tools	Advantages of technological tools (ATT)	[The] student and instructor said that they greatly benefited from the use of the mobile e-based system for clinical practicums.