Novice nursing clinical instructors : the lived experience / Tara Vande Griend
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Date
2011
Authors
Vande Griend, Tara
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciences, c2011
Abstract
A constructivist philosophical paradigm and van Manen's phenomenological
method were used to understand the lived experience of a purposeful sample of nine
novice nursing clinical instructors in the Nursing Education in Southwestern Alberta
program in Lethbridge, Alberta. Data were collected using in-depth, semi-structured,
open-ended interview questions and were analyzed using van Manen's approach to
thematic analysis. The findings revealed how novice nursing clinical nursing instructors
experienced this new role; the meaning instructors ascribed to their experience; and how
instructors learned about the clinical instructor role. The lived experience of novice
nursing clinical instructors was likened to a journey. Three major themes emerged within
The Journey: Endeavoring Amid Strife, Enacting Understanding of the Clinical
Instructor Role, and Evolving as a Clinical Instructor. Implications included: valuing the
lived experience, appreciating struggles, and improving supports and learning resources
in the areas of orientation, mentorship, peer support, instructor inclusion in academia, and
work-life balance.
Description
viii, 118 leaves ; 29 cm
Keywords
Nursing -- Study and teaching -- Alberta, Southern , Nursing schools -- Alberta, Southern -- Faculty , Nursing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Alberta, Southern , Dissertations, Academic