The fourth edition of this clinical education nursing handbook provides updated information to assist clinical instructors teaching in various practice settings. It continues to be a practical guide for new and experienced instructors handling teaching assignments. Encompassing the foundations of clinical nursing instruction, this hands-on, quick-access resource helps instructors prepare clinical teaching assignments and interact with students
while managing the clinical day. As requested by readers and reviewers, the new edition includes many new updated real world clinical examples of student issues and provides suggestions on how to handle each issue with sample solutions.
New to the Fourth Edition:
- New chapters addressing behavioral and mental health issues and technological changes affecting clinical nursing students
- Updated information on new challenges of hospital onboarding and clinical site visits/shifts
Key Features:
- Disseminates practical information in concise, bulleted format for quick access
- Provides teaching pearls for both novice and experienced instructors
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section I: Appreciating Your New Identity: From Caregiver to Educator
Chapter 1: Developing a New Identity as a Clinical Nursing Instructor
Chapter 2: Understand the Rules: What Every Nursing Instructor Needs to Know About the Nursing Program's Policies
Chapter 3: Your New World: Clinical Sites, Clinical Specialties, Clinical Students and New Student Case Examples
Section II: Your Success Depends on You: Preparing for Your Clinical Teaching Assignment
Chapter 4: You Are a Guest, So Act Like One
Chapter 5: Organize the Semester---Have a Plan
Chapter 6: Confidentiality and Patient Privacy
Section III: The High Fliers and Not so High Fliers: Getting to Know Your Nursing Students
Chapter 7: The High Fliers: How to Screen for Higher Achieving Students
Chapter 8: The Not-So-High Fliers: How to Screen for Potential "Unsafe Students"
Section IV: The Performance Appraisals: Clinical Evaluations
Chapter 9: The Clinical Evaluation Triad
Chapter 10: The Dos and Don'ts of Student Performance
Chapter 11: Early Warning System
Chapter 12: Graded Clinical Versus Pass/Fail Evaluations
Section V: Managing the Clinical Day
Chapter 13: Preconferences
Chapter 14: Postconferences
Chapter 15: Unplanned Events and Absences
Chapter 16: Alternative Assignments
Chapter 17: Unsafe Practice
Section VI: Satisfaction in the Role
Chapter 18: What Your Students Will Expect of You
Chapter 19: Take Time for Self-Care
Section VII: Of Growing Importance
Chapter 20: Letters of Reference
Chapter 21: Role of Simulation
Chapter 22: Technological Implications
Chapter 23: Mental Health Impact on Clinical Education
Appendix A: An Example of Guidelines for Clinical Orientation Day
Appendix B: Clinical Journal and Careplan
Appendix B1: Clinical Journal for Student Reflection
Appendix C: Clinical Assignment Sheet
Appendix D: Student Report Sheet
Appendix D1: Daily Report Sheet to Do at Clinical
Appendix E: One Minute Breathing Space
Appendix F: Three Sample Letters of Reference
Index

- Release Date: June 28, 2024
- Paperback / softback
- 207 Pages
- Trim Size: 5in x 8in
- ISBN: 9780826157294
- eBook ISBN: 9780826157287
- Series: Fast Facts