Abstract

Nursing education is unique in its integration of theoretical and experiential learning and yet this integrated approach presents a number of challenges. One nuanced challenge in nursing education is the overlap of the students' clinical learning environment (CLE) with the clinical nurses' work environment. It is believed that the clinical nurse plays an important role in clinical learning, but it is not well understood how the clinical nurse understands and contributes to the CLE. The framework for this study was based on Benner's (1982) Novice to Expert model, transformative learning theory, and the AACN (2005) Healthy Work Environment framework. The purpose of this basic qualitative research was to explore how non-preceptor nurses who work with nursing students described the CLE, teaching nursing students, working with nursing faculty, and their role within the CLE.

Description

This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10137554; ProQuest document ID: 1819288858. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

April Rowe Neal, PhD

Sigma Membership

Kappa Mu

Lead Author Affiliation

Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, USA

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Education, Work Environments, Clinical Learning

Advisor

JoBeth Pilcher

Second Advisor

Victor Klimoski

Third Advisor

Camille Payne

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Capella University

Degree Year

2016

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-03-02

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