Tova Kerschen
School of Nursing, Bnei Zion, Haifa, Israel
Title: Toolkit: Preliminary Guidelines for Successful Clinical Placement in Women's Health Departments
Biography
Biography: Tova Kerschen
Abstract
Although nursing education has changed through the years, the clinical field will always be an integral and important part of nursing education. Clinical placement essentially is the bridge between theory and practice. It is the environment where the student nurse integrates theory with nursing practice.
As nurse educators it is our duty to provide an optimal clinical experience to promote thoughtful learning, critical thinking, intelligent reflection, effective methods of working with staff, with emphasis placed on person -centered care.
In this paper I will address fundamental topics that form the building blocks of a clinical placement. I will address the following questions: 1. Does placement always have to be in the clinic? 2. How do we deal with clinical placement of male student nurses in obstetrics and gynecological units? 3. What is the nature of pre and post clinical conferences? 4. How do we apply and integrate the nursing process within the clinical setting? 5. What are forms of instructor evaluation of students' performance in the clinical setting?
Promoting a global-universal method of crucial thinking is of primary importance in todays' world. Multi-cultural orientation is part of the student nurse's education. In this respect I will conclude this paper by sharing selected experiences and challenges related to cultural diversity among students, staff and patients originating from Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultural backgrounds that constitute typical ethnic populations in northern Israel. Hence giving the student nurses a unique opportunity to experience cultural diversity ----multi cultural orientation
I would like to share with my colleagues the "necessary tools" that facilitate successful nursing clinical placement