FACULTY OF NURSING SCIENCES

BY- MRS SUDHARANI

Clinical teaching
 Introduction

In preparation of professional practice, the clinical setting

is the place where the students come in contact with patient
or consumer for the purpose of testing theories and
learning skill
DEFINITION
“Clinical teaching is an individualized or group teaching to the nursing student in the
clinical area by the nurse educators, staff and clinical nurse manager."

“ Clinical teaching is vehicle that provides students with opportunity to translate

basic theoretical knowledge into learning of variety of intellectual and psychomotor
skills needed to provide patient – centered quality nursing care.”
- Schweer
• Teaching in clinical setting is a challenge that is different from those
encountered in the class room
• Like any other skill based profession, nursing also requires the
development of relationship between theory and practice
 PURPOSE OF CLINICAL
TEACHING
1.To develop communication skills and maintain interpersonal relationship
2. To maintain high standard of nursing practice to become independent
enough to practice nursing
3.To develop, cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills

4.To provide individualized care in a systematic, holistic approach

5.To develop high technical competent skills
6.To practice various procedure
7.To collect and analyze the data
 CONTD
….
8. To learn various diagnostic procedures
9. To learn various skill in giving health
education technique to the client
10.To develop proficiency and efficiency in
carrying out various procedure
 PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL
TEACHING
• Clinical education should reflect the nature
of professional practice
• Clinical teaching is supported by
climate of mutual trust and respect
• Clinical teaching and learning
should
focus on essential knowledge, skill and
attitude
 GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION OF
CLINICAL TEACHING METHODS

• Must be appropriate to objectives and

desired behavioral changes.
• Must be in accordance with principles
of learning.
• Must be in accordance with the capacity of
the student.
 CONTD.
• Must be in accordance with availability
of resources.
• Must be in accordance with the
teacher’s ability to use it effectively and
creatively.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLASS ROOM AND
CLINICAL TEACHING
CLASS ROOM CLINICAL TEACHING
TEACHING •Small group
•Large group •Focus on patient
•No focus on patient •Application of
•Knowledge knowledge
•Theoretical framework •Clinical reasoning
•Teacher/students ratio •Teacher / students
is large ratio is small
•Passive students
•Active students
•Less interactive
•More interactive
 FACTORS INFLUENCING
CLINICAL TEACHING
• Group interaction skills
•Clinical supervision skill
•Clinical competence and
professionalism
•Knowledge and analytical ability.
•Organization and clarity of presentation
•Enthusiasm and stimulation of interest
 CLINICAL TEACHING
METHOD
 Bedside clinic
 Nursing rounds
 Nursing shift reports
 Nursing care conferences
 Demonstration
 Nursing care studies

 Process recording
 Laboratory method
 Nursing assignment
 Field trip
BEDSIDE
CLINIC
 DEFINITION

It is a method of clinical teaching which is carried

out by either the group visits the patient or the
patient is brought to the conference room in order
to study problems associated with a particular
disease or disorder
• Always ensure the presence of the patient.
• Patients with typical diseases are selected.
 USES OF BEDSIDE
CLINIC
• To show the sign and symptoms related to a
particular condition
• To demonstrate a significant nursing situation
• To show how nursing problem have been
solved
 PHASE

Introduction phase

Patient centered discussion

Post clinic evaluation

ADVANTAGES
• It puts the student in an active actual situation
• Develop skills in collecting information
from authentic source
• Develop tactfulness diplomacy needed to
get information from the patient
• Develop skills in problem solving,
decision making an organizing
• Permits comparison between reality and
theory
 DISADVANTAG
ES
• Sometimes put patient in a difficult situation
NURSING
ROUND
 DEFINITIO
N
 A tour of patient’s bedside area made by a
small group of staff and students, not more
than 7 or
 8 for the purpose of clinical
learning and instructional
purpose
 TYPE
S

Instructional Information giving

Round round
 USES OF NURSING
ROUNDS
• To demonstrate clinical manifestation that
needs nursing intervention
• To study patient’s response to disease
conditions
• To demonstrate the effect of therapeutic
treatment
 CONTD
..
• To illustrate skillful nursing care
• To have better understanding of patient’ s
needs in order to provide better care to
patient
ADVANTAGES
• Puts the students in actual live situation where
patient responds and acts as a stimulus
variable
• Students have options to select specific case
or problem that interest them and plan proper
nursing care
 CONTD
..
• It provides opportunity to reinforce the
theoretical knowledge through its
application in a real patient
• Increases learning ability
 DISADVANTAG
ES
• Only applicable for small group of
students
• Require careful planning