Abstract

Clinical nurse experts are often recruited into educator roles based solely on clinical expertise. Without support and mentorship, clinical nurse experts struggled with transitioning into the educator role. The purpose of this study was to understand the experience of new nurse educators' transition from a clinical nurse expert to novice nurse educator and to examine the perceptions of supports and barriers. Transitional theory provided the conceptual framework and informed the development of the interview protocol. The research questions focused on the experience of transitioning from expert to novice and on identifying supports and barriers that influenced transition. Using a case study design, the experience of 6 new nurse educators, with 3 years or greater of clinical practice and 3 years or fewer of teaching experience were captured.

Description

This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 27838250; ProQuest document ID: 2395333549. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Crystal Toll, EdD, MSN, RN, CCRN, PCCN

Sigma Membership

Theta Tau

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Case Study/Series

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Novice Educators, Nurse Experts, Mentorship, Orientation

Advisor

Mary Ramirez

Second Advisor

Sydney Parent

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Walden University

Degree Year

2020

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2024-09-10

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