1st Edition

So You Want to Teach Clinical? A Guide for New Nursing Clinical Instructors

By Laura Jaroneski, Lori Przymusinski Copyright 2019
114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

Teaching nursing students in a clinical setting with patients differs greatly from teaching in a classroom. It can be a daunting task if one is not prepared and mentored. This book provides a concise and accessible guide for nursing instructors leading students in the healthcare agency for the first time, as well as experienced educators who are interested in exploring new teaching... Read more

Chapter 1 Before You Begin

Chapter 2 Resources for the Journey

Chapter 3 Role Modeling and Professional Expectations

Chapter 4 Organizing and Documenting Your Clinical Day

Chapter 5 The Development of Critical Thinking

Chapter 6 Medication Administration: A Complex Challenge

Chapter 7 Alternative Clinical Assignments and Experiences

Chapter 8 Diversity and Inclusiveness

Chapter 9 The Evaluation of Students

Chapter 10 Accountability, Collaboration, and Professional Relationships

Appendix 4C

Appendix 4D

Appendix 4F

Appendix 4G

Appendix 4H

Appendix 4I

Appendix 5A

Appendix 6A

Appendix 6B

Appendix 7A

Biography

Laura A. Jaroneski is currently an adjunct nursing faculty member at Macomb Community College. Her clinical experience spans 25 years as a medical-surgical and oncology staff nurse plus 14 years as nursing faculty teaching students to critically think in didactic courses, clinical settings, skills assessment laboratories and high-fidelity patient simulations.

Lori A. Przymusinski, a nurse for 35 years, focused her career on the care of adult medical surgical patients. She became a full-time nursing faculty member at Oakland Community College in 2006 lecturing and leading students through their clinical experiences for 12 years, where she later served as the Dean and Associate Dean of Nursing and Health Professions for four years guiding the program’s eight-year reaccreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) in 2014.