Abstract:
Clinical teaching behavior is a critical determinant for quality clinical learning experiences of student nurses. Therefore, hospital nurses play an important role in effective clinical teaching. The aims of the present study were to investigate effectiveness of hospital nurses' clinical teaching, and to analyze and explain the reasons for their teaching performance. To achieve these aims a descriptive research design was utilized. This study was carried out in Assiut University Hospitals in the following departments; Medical, Surgical, I.C.U, Psychiatric, Pediatric, and Gynecological & Obstetric departments; the study sample included all head and staff nurses 288 currently assigned to work in the selected units.
Tool of the study: A questionnaire sheet is consisted of three parts: the first part: related to socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample. It included 5 questions related to age, gender, place of work, qualifications, and years of experience; the second part: included 15 statements developed by Gulen Addis & Ayisa Karadag (2003) to investigate effectiveness of hospital nurses' clinical teaching, which includes patient care, management, research, and teaching role. The third part: included two open ended questions ask about nurses' reasons for their performance in clinical teaching; and their recommendations for improved clinical teaching performance.
The study results: the majority of study sample were staff nurses, females aged less than 30 years, having diploma degree, and have more than 5 years of experience, from surgical department. Reliability of the tool revealed that the tool is highly reliable (α = 0.92).The result denoted that there was statistically significant differences as regard to the four roles of nurses in clinical teaching (care, management, research, and teaching roles) P≤0.05.
On the light of the present findings the researcher recommended that: Cooperation between faculty of nursing and university hospitals must be initiated (Preceptor), improved conditions to motivate better clinical teaching, and summer training for nursing students. The registered nurse that providing patient care is the most commonly encountered role model for the nursing student, it is vital that hospitals established effective methods that will fully prepared them to take on the responsibility of education in the future.
Hospital nurses must have poses characteristics of good clinical teachers such as supportive, encouraging, resourceful, confident, helpful, friendly, available, and having the student's interests at heart.