Abstract
BACKGROUND Educational institutions partner with health facilities to provide clinical education, but the impact of these partnerships on clinical instructors is rarely examined. METHOD A cross-sectional study was used to obtain surveys from a convenience sample of clinical instructors (n = 135) working in Israel, Norway, and the United States. The Nursing Clinical Instruction Role Assessment Tool (N-CIRAT) was developed to elicit clinical instructors' perspectives on the importance and nature of their work roles. FINDINGS The N-CIRAT exhibited good reliability and revealed three different work roles: educator, hospital partner, and patient advocate. The educator work role did not differ by primary employer; it did for the work role of hospital partner (p <.05) and patient advocate (p <.05). Patient advocate work role importance was rated high for all clinical instructors. CONCLUSION The educator role of clinical nurse educators, including being a role model and encouraging reflection, is universal among clinical instructors.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 250-255 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nursing Education Perspectives |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Keywords
- Baccalaureate Nursing Education
- Clinical Instructor Roles
- Partnership Models
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Nursing
- Education