Fast Facts for the Clinical Nursing Instructor

by Eden Zabat Kan PhD, RN, Susan Stabler-Haas MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826157287
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/06/2024
Series:	Fast Facts
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	207
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Eden Zabat Kan, PhD, RN, received her bachelor's degree in nursing from Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania; her master's degree in nursing education from Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania; and her doctorate in nursing science from Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. She is currently employed in the nursing department at the School of Science and Health, the College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, Maryland.

Susan Stabler-Haas PMHCNS-BC, RN, is a clinical instructor at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. She has more than thirty years of classroom and clinical teaching experience in the areas of medical-surgical, critical care, geriatric, and psychiatric nursing. Her instruction is influenced by her prior roles as staff nurse, rehabilitation nurse, and critical care manager. Professor Stabler-Haas has earned a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist designation from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a trained mindfulness-based meditation teacher, and author of "Fast Facts for the Student Nurse."

Table of Contents

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