Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing
Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Teresa Shellenbarger, PhD, RN, CNL, CNEcl, ANEF
Kathleen B. Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE, ANEF
Now in its sixth edition, this highly acclaimed core text for nurse educators continues to be the only resource to address clinical teaching in all settings. Delivering comprehensive and detailed information on planning, guiding, and evaluating learning activities for prelicensure and graduate nursing students, the sixth edition is distinguished by its focus on clinical teaching in a wide range of settings including teaching in online environments. The book prepares graduate students, preceptors, adjunct faculty members, and clinicians for their role as clinical nurse educators. Integrating theory and practical content, the text is updated with current information relevant to the future of nursing, student and faculty diversity, how to teach clinical reasoning and judgment to nursing students, models of clinical education in different teaching environments, innovative technologies, and clinical evaluation.
Each chapter offers information related to preparing for the CNEcl and CNE exams and practical exhibits illustrating teaching methods and guidelines for clinical teaching and evaluation. Content is further enhanced by high-quality instructor resources, including a course syllabus, a complete online course, and chapter-based PowerPoint presentations. Readers will be rewarded with clinical teaching strategies that are effective and practical in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.
New to the Sixth Edition:
- NEW chapter: Teaching and Evaluating Student Learning in Online Nursing Programs
- Changes in online teaching resulting from the coronavirus pandemic
- Teaching clinical reasoning and judgment to undergraduate students
- New information for preceptors, adjunct faculty members, and clinicians transitioning to a clinical teaching role
- Models of clinical education updated to reflect different teaching environments
- Expansion of virtual simulation content
- New technology including simulated EHR, telepresence, telehealth, and other tech approaches
- Models of clinical education in different teaching environments
- Content related to CNEcl and CNE exams in each chapter
Key Features:
- Serves as a gold-standard reference for clinical nurse educators teaching at all levels
- Emphasizes the importance of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective outcomes that guide clinical teaching and evaluation
- Provides examples of clinical learning opportunities in specialized settings
- Offers scholarly, in-depth discussion of current trends and issues in clinical education
- Includes practical exhibits illustrating clinical teaching methods
- Instructor resources include a course syllabus, a complete online course, and PowerPoint slides
Table of Contents
Contributors to Previous Editions
Contributors to the Sixth Edition
Preface
SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS OF CLINICAL TEACHING
Chapter 1: Contextual Factors Affecting Clinical Teaching
Chapter 2: Outcomes of Clinical Teaching
Chapter 3: Developing Clinical Learning Sites: Prelicensure through Advanced Practice
Chapter 4: Preparing for Clinical Learning Activities
Chapter 5: Process and Models of Clinical Teaching
Chapter 6: Ethical and Legal Issues in Clinical Teaching
SECTION II: STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE CLINICAL TEACHING
Chapter 7: Clinical Teaching Methods and Crafting Clinical Learning Assignments
Chapter 8: Cases for Clinical Learning
Chapter 9: Clinical Simulation
Katie Anne Haerling
Chapter 10: Pedagogical Technologies in Clinical Education
Meigan Robb
Chapter 11: Preceptors as Clinical Teachers
SECTION III: EVALUATION STRATEGIES IN CLINICAL TEACHING
Chapter 12: Clinical Evaluation and Grading
Chapter 13: Clinical Teaching at a Distance
Christine Colella
Appendix A: Evaluation Form for Rating Presentations in Conferences
Appendix B: Resources for Nurse Educators
Appendix C: Sample Clinical Evaluation Tools
Appendix D: Sample Distance Learning Affiliation Agreement
Index
Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is the Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. She is the author or coauthor of 35 books and many articles on evaluation, teaching in nursing, and studies of the nursing literature. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Educator. Dr. Oermann received the National League for Nursing (NLN) Award for Excellence in Nursing Education Research, the Sigma Theta Tau International Elizabeth Russell Belford Award for Excellence in Education, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award, the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing from the International Academy of Nursing Editors, and the NLN President’s Award. The NLN established an award in her honor, the Marilyn H. Oermann Award for Distinguished Research in Nursing Education, to recognize an individual or team who has generated an evidentiary base for the science of nursing education.
Teresa Shellenbarger, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, is Professor and Doctoral Coordinator, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. She currently serves as secretary and member of the Board of Governors of the National League for Nursing.
Kathleen B. Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE, ANEF, is the owner of and principal nursing education consultant for OWK Consulting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has over 35 years of teaching and administrative experience in graduate and undergraduate nursing programs. She is a coauthor of 13 nursing education books and an author or coauthor of numerous articles on nursing education and perioperative nursing topics. Dr. Gaberson presents and consults extensively on assessment and evaluation, clinical teaching, and academic integrity.
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- Release Date: January 25, 2022
- Paperback / softback
- 334 Pages
- Trim Size: 7in x 10in
- ISBN: 9780826167040
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