Ch. 6: Facilitating Learning in Clinical Setting

Question 1

Dedicated Educational Units (DEUs)

Answer 1

Nursing units where staff nurses actually become clinical instructors

Fosters entire unit where all or most of nurses = preceptors

Staff nurses work closely w/ clinical nurse educators (& have been taught how to instruct learners)

Question 2

6 Components for “Debriefing for Meaningful Learning”

Answer 2

1. Engage (the participants)
2. Explore (options reflecting-in-action)
3. Explain (decisions, actions, alternatives using deduction, induction, analysis)
4. Elaborate (thinking like a nurse & expanding analysis & inferential thinking)
5. Evaluate (the EXP reflecting-on-action)
6. Extend (inferential & analytic thinking, reflecting-beyond-action)

Question 3

5 core values that epitomize the caring, pro nurse

Answer 3

1. Altruism (concern for welfare & well-being of others)
2. Autonomy (right of self-determination)
3. Human dignity (respect for inherent worth & uniqueness of individuals & populations)
4. Integrity (acting according to code of ethics; honesty)
5. Social justice (fair tx regardless of economic status, ethnicity, age…)