prolile of Good clinical instructures as viewed by nursing students and clinical instructors of high institiute of nursing, Assiut

ABSTRACT

This study aims to determine the profile of good clinical instructor as viewed by the nursing students and clinical instructors. Two group of 230 nursing students of the four stages and 19 nursing clinica instructors of High Institute of Nursing. Assiut University in 1990-1991 were included in this study. Three groups of attributes were investigated [1] Professional [1] Personal and [3] Interpersonal relationship characteristics. The results revealed that, the interpersonal relationship was rated higher by students than the staff' while professional characteristics were requested. More by students and staff than the others Students disagreed about enthusiastic neat, g aide, referring to resources practice contributing to nursing upgrade, oriented clinically am professionally, skillful and interested in patient care. Both students and instructors disagreed as regards considerate of student's time, promoting inquiry and students want them more. Instructors wan self-confident" more Students also not aareed as regards the intellectual recognizing limitations self-confident decissive and the emotional characteristics empathetic. students agreed about the interpersonal relationship characteristics and disagreed with the instructors and they request sharing ideas with students sensitive, good listener and non-judginental and not with accepting different opinions and approachable more. However, the most important characteristics ranked by the students were I- Knowledgeable in speciality 2- Fair evaluator 3-relating knowledge to skills 4-role model 5- taking responsibility for action and by the clinical instructors were; 1- role model 2- self confident 3-fair evaluator 4- enthusiastic 5- Taking responsibility for action