Fast Facts for the Clinical Nursing Instructor

The fourth edition of this clinical education nursing handbook provides updated information to assist clinical instructors teaching in various practice settings. It continues to be a practical guide for new and experienced instructors handling teaching assignments. Encompassing the foundations of clinical nursing instruction, this hands-on, quick-access resource helps instructors prepare clinical teaching assignments and interact with students

while managing the clinical day. As requested by readers and reviewers, the new edition includes many new updated real world clinical examples of student issues and provides suggestions on how to handle each issue with sample solutions.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• New chapters addressing behavioral and mental health issues and technological changes affecting clinical nursing students
• Updated information on new challenges of hospital onboarding and clinical site visits/shifts

Key Features:

• Disseminates practical information in concise, bulleted format for quick access
• Provides teaching pearls for both novice and experienced instructors

Eden Zabat Kan, PhD, RN, received her bachelor's degree in nursing from Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania; her master's degree in nursing education from Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania; and her doctorate in nursing science from Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. She is currently employed in the nursing department at the School of Science and Health, the College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, Maryland.

Susan Stabler-Haas PMHCNS-BC, RN, is a clinical instructor at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. She has more than thirty years of classroom and clinical teaching experience in the areas of medical-surgical, critical care, geriatric, and psychiatric nursing. Her instruction is influenced by her prior roles as staff nurse, rehabilitation nurse, and critical care manager. Professor Stabler-Haas has earned a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist designation from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a trained mindfulness-based meditation teacher, and author of "Fast Facts for the Student Nurse."