| Summary |
This descriptive study was conducted to identify what nursing students and faculty perceive to be effective clinical teaching behaviors and do the two groups agree in their perceptions. A random sample of second year nursing students and clinical teaching faculty at five associate degree nursing programs in eastern North Carolina was chosen for voluntary The survey instrument, a questionnaire developed by Brown (1981), contains three completion of the questionnaire. sections. Section I gathers demographic information. Section II asks respondents to rate 23 characteristics of clinical teachers, using a Likert type scale, from "of most importance" to "of no importance". Section III asks respondents to select the five most important characteristics of clinical teachers. Descriptive analyses were applied to the data. The findings show that both faculty and students, in two sections of the study, considered the characteristics is "knowledgeable in area of nursing science", "is able to communicate nursing knowledge to students", and "creates an atmosphere where students feel comfortable to ask for guidance" as most important. Other characteristics identified as most important by both groups in one of the sections included "is honest and direct with students", "is fair in evaluation of students", and "acts as a role model demonstrating skills, attitudes and values that are to be developed by the student". For the most part, students and faculty were congruent in their perceptions clinical teaching characteristics. effective of Identification of these characteristics can be useful for nursing educators in the clinical setting and for those evaluating effective clinical instruction. |
