Abstract
Learning in the clinical environment is an essential part of nursing education programs. Effective clinical teaching is crucial for the learning of nursing students in the clinical settings. It helps in preparing students for the work they will have to do as practicing nurses [1]. The study aimed to identify the undergraduate nursing students’ and clinical instructors’ perceptions of the characteristics of an effective clinical instructor at the Faculty of Nursing- Cairo University. A descriptive cross- sectional design was utilized of the study. This study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University. A convenience sample of (591) nursing students and (112) clinical instructors who are working at the Faculty of Nursing- Cairo University and are willing to participate in the study. The Nursing Clinical Teacher Effective Inventory (NCTEI) was used for data collection. Results indicated that the categories of teaching ability and interpersonal relationships were the most valued characteristics rated by both undergraduate nursing students and clinical instructors. While, the least valued characteristics rated by both undergraduate nursing students and clinical instructors were the categories of nursing competence, personality traits and evaluation. The study recommended that workshops/seminars should be organized to orient clinical teachers on their roles in clinical setting. Periodic clinical instructors’ evaluation is necessary to incorporate unused behaviors, into their practice.
Highlights
Nursing is one of the difficult jobs that offer services to healthy and sick people in different sectors by using specific knowledge and skills
The results of the present study revealed that nursing competence, personality traits and evaluation perceived as the lowest characteristics of effective clinical instructor by both the undergraduate nursing students and clinical instructors
The findings of the present study concluded that clinical teaching ability and interpersonal relationships were the most important characteristic of an effective clinical instructor as perceived by the both the undergraduate nursing students and clinical instructors
Summary
Nursing is one of the difficult jobs that offer services to healthy and sick people in different sectors by using specific knowledge and skills. Nursing students require learning clinical skills in addition to acquisition of knowledge during their training; nursing is a practical profession and clinical training constitutes the majority of its nursing student’s educational courses [2]. Quality of clinical education of nursing students had been determined as one of the most important factors affecting the quality of nursing education. It is called the heart of the education of professional nursing 34. Effective clinical teaching is crucial for the learning of nursing students in the clinical settings [1]. Clinical teaching helps in preparing students for the work they will have to do as practicing nurses. Studies have shown that effective clinical instructor behaviors promote effective clinical teaching which in-turn improves students’ learning process [6, 7, 8]
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