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
