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With nurses as key players in healthcare, there is limited knowledge about nursing students\u2019 experiences and exposure to dysphagia as part of their undergraduate training.\nObjectives:\u00a0To explore the experiences of final-year nursing students at a university in the Eastern Cape regarding dysphagia management.\nMethod:\u00a0A qualitative descriptive phenomenological approach was employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 final-year nursing students who had prior exposure to dysphagia management. Thematic analysis was used to analyse and identify key themes in the data.\nResults:\u00a0Four main themes emerged: (1) confidence and knowledge, (2) clinical exposure, (3) current dysphagia management practices and (4) development of clinical skills. The participants expressed varying levels of theoretical knowledge and clinical exposure regarding dysphagia management, with the majority reporting that the focus in their lectures was on the insertion of a nasogastric tube as part of dysphagia management. Exposure to dysphagia depended on which ward the students were placed in during the clinical training. There was notably limited knowledge among participants on the role of speech therapists in dysphagia management.\nConclusion:\u00a0The expressed knowledge gaps and limited clinical exposure hindered nursing students\u2019 confidence and competence in dysphagia management.\nContribution:\u00a0This study highlights the importance of reevaluating the way dysphagia is taught to nursing students. 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