OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to contribute to pertinent discussions regarding advanced practice nursing roles. In particular discussion will focus on the potential implications for the developing nurse ractitioner (NP) role on the existing clinical nurse specialist (CNS) roles. SETTING The literature presented originates primarily from the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom ...

This paper reports on part of a national study that was conducted over a 3-year period (1991-1994). The overall aim of the study was to explore the changing role of the nurse teacher. Multiple methods of data collection were used, including a modified Delphi survey, a case study and telephone interviews. The sample included a wide variety of respondents (nurse teachers, midwife teachers, clinic...

The hospital-based clinical nurse educator is pivotal to the integration of formal learning and clinical practice. Clinical nurse educators are generally considered to be expert nurses within a particular clinical environment; however, many of those who are expert clinicians suffer some loss of identity when assuming clinical teaching roles. It is necessary to facilitate the expression of ident...

This article explores the confusion that exists in the clinical areas concerning proper accompaniment of student nurses. There is a feeling that professional nurses in clinical areas are not always actively involved in clinical teaching. The clinical instructors and nurse educators are unable to accompany student nurses properly because of staff shortages. Some hospitals have identified one pro...

347 Ruth Zu-Kei Lin, RN, MSN, AOCN®, APN-C, is an oncology clinical nurse specialist at Morristown Memorial Hospital (MMH) in New Jersey; Susan Fowler, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAHA, is a clinical nurse researcher at the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey in Red Bank and was a clinical nurse researcher at MMH at the time of this research; and Craig A. Dise, MD, PhD, is chair of pathology and Ra...

a bstra ct   background: clinical education is the heart of the nursing education program. effective nursing clinical instructors are needed for graduating the future qualified nurses. there is a well - developed body of knowledge about the effectiveness of clinical teaching and the instructors. however, translating this knowledge into a context - based evaluation tool for measuring the effecti...