Perception of Student Nurses Regarding Characteristics Of An Effective Clinical Instructor: A Cross Sectional Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37762/jfinph.6Keywords:
Clinical Instructor, Clinical Teaching, Perception, Student Nurses, Characteristics, Effective Clinical InstructorAbstract
OBJECTIVES:
This study was conducted to explore the perception of student nurses regarding characteristics of effective clinical instructor that can boost student’s learning.
METHODOLOGY:
A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to carry out to find out the student’s perception regarding characteristics of effective clinical instructor. For this purpose, a structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Participants of the study were undergraduate student nurses enrolled in BSc.N Post R.N, BSc.N Generic and Diploma nursing educational programs. Total 250 students’ responses were recorded from different institutes of nursing, Peshawar. Ethical approval was taken from Khyber Medical University, Peshawar. SPSS version 22.0 was used for data analysis.
RESULTS:
The results showed that all the characteristics of professional competency was important for the instructors. Perceived good communication skills was marked high in personal characteristic of the instructors (52%). The instructors should evaluate the students objectively (72%) had increased responses under the category of relationship with students.
CONCLUSION:
For a good instructor, professional competency, personal characteristics, and relationship with students should be effective. The instructors should have to polish their skills.
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