Thesis
The lived experience of registered nurses functioning as clinical instructors on a dedicated education unit
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101140
Abstract
In response to the current nursing shortage, nursing education programs are rapidly expanding to increase their enrollments. A critical aspect of nursing education is clinical experience. An innovative model in clinical teaching, the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU), is designed to increase collaboration between healthcare institutions and academia to facilitate student clinical experience. This qualitative study using the phenomenology method provides needed information to evaluate the lived experience of Registered Nurses (RNs) functioning as Clinical Instructors (CIs) on a DEU. After signing informed consent, staff nurses working as CIs on a specific DEU participated in semi-structured interviews. Narrative data was audio taped and transcribed verbatim. Interpretive data analysis was conducted to identify exemplars and paradigm cases. This study informs nurse educators and health care administrators about how the DEU model successfully supports nurses' functioning as CIs as they provide positive learning experiences for nursing students in the clinical setting
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- Title
- The lived experience of registered nurses functioning as clinical instructors on a dedicated education unit
- Creators
- Susan L. Nieman
- Contributors
- Dawn Doutrich (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525142301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis