Exam 10: Teaching and Learning Strategies for the Clinical Practice Setting

Critical thinking requires the student to access and transfer previously learned knowledge to a new situation. This process requires the student to

While the clinical nursing instructor should refrain from jumping in to complete a patient care activity for a student unless the patient's safety and well being are in danger of being compromised, she occasionally will need to act to ensure that patient needs are met while students are assigned to their care. One benefit to students of the instructor's actions is that

Mary is preparing to administer Albuterol via nebulizer to a 52 year-old woman with acute asthma complicated by bronchitis. The clinical nursing instructor asks a series of questions before Mary administers the medication. Which of the following is an example of Socratic questioning?

Helping students to learn to be caring professional nurses can be accomplished by

It often is difficult for the clinical nursing instructor to observe a student's performance of a technical skill without taking over the task from the student. Yet it is essential to refrain from taking over for the student. Instead, the instructor can

Which of the following statements is a valid description of the clinical nursing instructor's actions in coaching individual students?

Reflective practice helps students in developing critical thinking skills by

War stories are an effective means of teaching because such stories

Affective learning in the clinical area tends to center on ethical issues reflecting one or more of the five core values characterizing the caring professional nurse. These core values include

Student learning in the clinical area should focus on