Fast Facts for the Clinical Nursing Instructor

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