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Nursing Education 2018
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
Page 64
April 23-25, 2018
Rome, Italy
27
th
Edition of World Congress on
Nursing Education &
Research
Defining mentors` and clinical nurse educators` job functions
related to nursing students` clinical placements
J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C1-003
Statement of the Problem:
Mentors and clinical nurse educators
are involved in planning, organizing, evaluating, developing and
guiding nursing students` clinical placement. However there were
not detailed job functions of mentors and clinical nurse educators
in Finland. With clearly defined job functions it is possible
to standardize and develop the quality of students` clinical
placements in hospitals.
Purpose of the study:
To define mentors` and clinical nurse
educators` job functions related to nursing students` clinical
placement.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation:
The Delphi method with
two rounds was used. Firstly, we formulated two expert panels
(mentors=9; clinical nurse educators=5). First round aimed to
describe mentors` and clinical nurse educators` job functions
related to clinical placement. Second round aimed to validate the
importance of job functions. The data was collected via online
survey and analyzed with content analysis and with statistical
methods.
Findings:
We identified altogether 69 mentors` and clinical
nurse educators` job functions related to clinical placements:
19 functions for planning and organizing the student´s clinical
placement; 29 functions for guiding the student in clinical
placement; 8 functions for evaluationof the clinical placement and
13 for development of the student´s clinical placement. Mentors`
most important job functions were related to evaluation of the
clinical placement (mean 3.72, scale 1-4), whereas clinical nurse
educators` most important job functions were found in relation to
development of the student´s clinical placement (mean 4, scale
1-4). Mentors` lowest important job functions were related to
development of the student´s clinical placement (mean 3.0, scale
1-4), whereas clinical nurse educators` lowest important job
functions were found in relation to guiding the student in clinical
placement (mean 3.3, scale 1-4).
Conclusion & Significance:
The mentors and clinical nurse
educators have an essential role in student´s clinical placement
and they are responsible for the quality of student´s clinical
placement at all phases of the process.
netta.pohjamies@hus.fiNetta Pohjamies
1
, Toni Haapa
1
, Marja Seilola
2
and
Riitta Meretoja
1
1
Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
2
Diacor - Helsinki Deaconess Institute, Finland