Director of Clinical Education, Jerusalem College of Technology, 7 Beit Hadfus St. Jerusalem, Israel, 9548307
*Corresponding Author: Shira Sadeh Director of clinical education, Jerusalem College of Technology, 7 Beit Hadfus St. Jerusalem, Israel, 9548307 Phone: 972-2-6547253 Mobile: 972-547-415687 Email: ssadeh@jct.ac.il
Online published on 2 November, 2018.
In a new nursing program, clinical rotations in the surgical and medical units were handled in a manner similar to but not identical with the “traditional instruction” format. The instructors in this “semi-traditional” program were ward nurses relieved of responsibility for their own patients while they were serving as instructors. Due to various reasons an alternative model of instruction was formed, based upon clinical preceptors. Two students at a time were paired with a qualified clinical nurse instructor while performing his/her duty on shift.
The present study was designed to compare satisfaction among nursing students with respect to the two models of clinical instruction. Data was collected from nursing students who completed an instructor evaluation questionnaire.
The results do not show a preference to a specific method, the higher scores per item vary between the methods.
The following keywords were used: nursing students, clinical experience, nursing student satisfaction.
