Fast Facts for the Clinical Nursing Instructor: Clinical Teaching in a Nutshell (3rd Revised Edition)

Description

Newly expanded and updated with a wealth of practical information, the third edition of this best-selling Fast Facts guide offers pragmatic advice on how to tailor teaching to nurses of various backgrounds in different clinical sites and specialties. It also addresses new requirements regarding online learning and hospital electronic documentation. In addition, by providing concrete tools for anxiety and stress reduction, this edition considers the importance of self-care.

Following the instructor from day 1 through an entire rotation, the book helps readers organize the clinical experience, develop effective relationships with staff at clinical facilities, make clinical assignments, plan orientation days, develop clinical rotations, and understand relevant legal issues. It covers key information about policies and procedures, from school to clinical site. Delivered in a concise, quick-access, easy-to-read format, the book helps both new and experienced instructors optimize the learning experience for their students.

New to this Edition

• Describes how to tailor teaching to various clinical sites, specialties, and different student populations
• Provides helpful stress- and anxiety-reduction tools for instructors and their students
• Covers the requirements of online learning and hospital electronic documentation
• Highlights ways to retain clinical faculty

Key Features

• Disseminates practical information in concise, quick-access “Fast Facts” style
• Useful for both novice and experienced clinical instructors
• Describes what every clinical instructor needs to know about policies and procedures, from school to clinical site
• Discusses documentation and student evaluations, student clinical conferences, and NCLEX preparation
• Reviews legal issues, including confidentiality and patient privacy

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgments
3. Introduction
4. Part I APPRECIATING YOUR NEW IDENTITY: FROM CAREGIVER TO EDUCATOR
   1. Developing a New Identity as a Clinical Nursing Instructor
   2. Understand the Rules: What Every Nursing Instructor Needs to Know About the Nursing Program’s Policies
   3. Your New World: Clinical Sites, Clinical Specialties, Clinical Students
5. Part II YOUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON YOU: PREPARING FOR YOUR CLINICAL TEACHING ASSIGNMENT
   1. You Are a Guest, So Act Like One
   2. Organize the Semester—Have a Plan
   3. Confidentiality and Patient Privacy
6. Part III GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NURSING STUDENTS: WHO ARE THE BEST AND WHO ARE THE REST?
   1. The High Fliers: How to Screen for Higher Achieving Students
   2. The Not-So-High Fliers: How to Screen for Potential “Problem Students”
7. Part IV THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS: CLINICAL EVALUATIONS
   1. The Clinical Evaluation Triad
   2. The Dos and Don’ts of Student Documentation
   3. Early Warning System
   4. Graded Clinical Versus Pass/Fail Evaluations
8. Part V MANAGING THE CLINICAL DAY
   1. Preconferences
   2. Postconferences
   3. Unplanned Events and Absences
   4. Alternative Assignments
   5. Unsafe Practice
9. Part VI SATISFACTION IN THE ROLE
   1. What Your Students Will Expect of You
   2. Take Time for Self-Care
10. Part VII OF GROWING IMPORTANCE
    1. Letters of Reference
    2. Role of Simulation
    3. Appendices
    4. A. An Example of Guidelines for Clinical Orientation Day
    5. B. Clinical Journal: NSL/NSG 423
    6. C. 4 C Clinical Assignment Sheet
    7. D. Student Report Sheet
    8. E. One-Minute Breathing Space
    9. F. Sample Letters of Reference
    10. Bibliography
    11. Index

Authors Biography

Eden Zabat Kan, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, Health Sciences Division, The College of Southern Maryland, where she is responsible for didactic and clinical instruction for first semester students.

Susan Stabler-Haas, PMHCNS-BC, RN is a clinical nursing instructor at Villanova University, PA.