Nurse Teachers' Role in Clinical Setting: Nurse Students and Nurse Teachers' Perception in Nursing Schools

Abstract

Background: Clinical training is very important place for any clinical profession. Nursing practice offers opportunities for nursing students to improve their skills and the clinical nurse teachers help students apply their theoretical knowledge to practice. The study aimed to determine nurse teachers' perception about their role in clinical setting and identify nurse students' perception about nurse teacher's role in clinical setting. Subjects and methods: A descriptive, comparative study was conducted on (50) nurse teachers and (250) nursing students. Data was collected by using self-administered questionnaire sheets. Result: Majority of nurse teachers and nurse students had an overall perception upon nurse teacher's role in clinical setting. Majority of nurse teachers in clinical setting had an overall perception upon nurse teacher's role as facilitator and professional nurse teachers' role in clinical setting as coach, evaluator and researcher. The great majority of nurse students had an overall perception upon nurse teacher's role as personality trait and professional role. Conclusion: The total mean score of nurse students' perception is higher than the mean score of nurse teachers' perception. There was no statistical significant differences were detected between the total mean score of the nurse teachers' perception of all roles. Recommendations: Cooperation and collaboration between nurse teachers and nursing staff must be promoted to help in preparing nursing students for the real world of nursing. Establish an orientation program for preparation of newly appointed clinical teachers. __________________________ Keywords: Role perception, Nurse Teachers, Nurse Students.