Nursing is an art and science. Each member of the nursing field should possess certain qualities and characters.These are achieved from different ways, in which clinical teaching plays an important role in developing talented Nurses to the world. Clinical teaching method is method of group conference conducted especially in the clinical settings.Either individualized or group teaching is provided to the nursing students in the clinical area by the nurse educators, staff nurse or the clinical nurse manager.The main purpose is to develop nursing student as a technically competent, creative, systematic , assertive, accountable, intelligible, and independent to perform nursing care with confidence.Certain factors are directly or indirectly influencing the clinical teaching. Effective clinical teaching based on the appropriate selection of Clinical teaching method. Nursing care plan, bedside clinic, nursing care conference, nursing rounds , case method, demonstration are some of the common clinical teaching method.Along with brain storming,field visiting like methods creates interest among the student.

2. MS.CHITHRA.A.VALSAN
FIRST YEAR MSC NURSING

3. INTRODUCTION
The clinical teaching method is a type of
group conference,
 a patient or patients
 observed,studied,discussed,
demonstrated and directed
 improvement and further
improvement of nursing care.

4.  - R.Dhaker

5. PURPOSES OF CLINICAL TEACHING
METHOD
1) Provide individualized care in a systematic holistic
approach.
2) Developing technical competent skill.
3) Practice various procedures.
4) Collect and analyze the data and conduct research.
5) Become independent to practice nursing.

6. Cont’d..
6.Develop cognitive,conative,
affective & psychomotor skills.
7.Learn various skills and develop
clinical competencies.
8.Integration of theoretical
knowledge into practice.
9.Develop professional
accountability and competence.

7. PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL TEACHING
 Vital and irreplaceable component for professional practice.
 Reflect the nature of professional practice.
 It is important than classroom teaching.
 The nursing student in the clinical setting
is a learner, not a nurse.
 The nursing students experience stress
and anxiety in clinical learning situation.

8. Cont’d…
* Sufficient learning time must be
provided before performance is
evaluated.
* Supported by climate of mutual trust
and respect.
* Focus on essential knowledge,
skills and attitude.
* Quality is important than quantity.

9. CLINICAL TEACHING SKILLS
 Serves as a role model.
 Assess learning needs and goals.
 Plan and structures clinical assignments
and activities.
 Use variety of teaching strategies.
 Communicates objectives and expectations.

10. Cont’d..
 Explain concepts and theories accurately.
 Demonstrate effectively.
 Provide opportunities to exercise clinical skills and
procedures.
 Guides learning and use of resources for learning.
 Timely feedback and self-evaluation.
 Fairness in evaluation

11. FACTORS INFLUENCING CLINICAL
TEACHING
According to Irby and Papadakis,
Knowledge and analytical skills and ability.
organization and clarity of presentation.
Enthusiasm and stimulation of interest.
Group interaction skills.
Clinical supervision skills.
Clinical competence and professionalism.

13.  Nursing careplan
 Nursing carestudy
 Bedside clinic
 Nursing care conference
 Nursing rounds
 Assignments
 Field visit
 Process recording
 Demonstration
 Laboratory method
 Ward teaching
 Case method
 Brain storming
CLINICAL
TEACHING
METHOD

14. NURSING CAREPLAN
A nursing care plan (NCP) is a formal process that
includes correctly identifying existing needs, as well as
recognizing potential needs or risks.
Care plans also provide a means of communication
among nurses, their patients, and other healthcare providers
to achieve health care outcomes.

16. NURSING CARE STUDY
The Patient/Family Care Study involves a record
nursing care, documenting the problems of a nursing client
and how they are dealt with by the nurse in the course of
finding solution to the problems.
It provides a systematic way of collecting data,
analyzing information, and reporting the results of nursing
care.

17. BEDSIDE CLINIC
“A bedside clinic is a process in which
a clinical teacher and a group of learners
sees a patient, elicits or verifies physical
signs, discusses provisional diagnosis,
diagnostic or therapeutic options in the
clinical setting”
- Gaberson

19. NURSING CARE CONFERENCE -
DEFINITION
“Nursing Conference is defined as the process
in which group discussion is made using problem
solving techniques to determine the ways of
providing care for the patients to whom students
are assigned as part of their clinical experience”

26. NURSING ROUNDS- DEFINITION

29. TYPES OF ASSIGNMENT
 Preparatory assignment
 Study assignment
 Revisional assignments
 Remedial assignments

30. FIELD VISIT OR FIELD TRIP
A field trip or excursion is a journey by a
group of people to a place away from their
normal environment. ...
Field trips are most often
done in 3 steps:
I. Preparation
II. Activities
III. follow-up activity.

31. PROCESS RECORDING
According to walker “ process recording is
a verbatim between nurse and the patient”
“The process recording is a written account of
an interaction between a client and nurse.”

33. USES OF PROCESS RECORDING
 As a teaching – learning tool
 As an evaluation tool
 As a therapeutic tool

34. DEMONSTRATION
Used to demonstrate a
procedure ,experiments and
its use in the classroom or
in the ward.

36. LABORATORY METHOD
The Laboratory Method is a planned
learning activity dealing with original or raw
data in the solution of problem.
The Laboratory Method is used to
designate a teaching procedure in the physical
sciences that uses experimentation with
apparatus

37. WARD TEACHING PROGRAM
-Conducted in the ward
- supplement,integrate,and utilize classroom
instructions

38. CASE METHOD
Case methods used in3 ways:
1.Case study or case presentation
2.Case analysis
3.Case incident technique

39. BRAINSTORMING
Brainstorming is a method for generating ideas to solve a
design problem.
It usually involves a group,
under the direction of a facilitator.

40. RESEARCH STUDIES
A multi-method study to determine the effectiveness of
,and student attitudes to,online instructional videos for
teaching clinical nursing skills.
Conducted by Mary Kelly and Gerald Cannon.The
study conclude that it is best used to complement rather
than replace lecturer demonstration,lending support to
a ‘blended model’.

41. FOR DISCUSSION
Clinical teaching methods used in nursing.
= Nursing rounds
= Bedside clinic
= Process recording
= Nursing conference

43. conclusion

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