Nurse trainees' perception of effective clinical instructor characteristics

Objectives:Clinical education and experience in the clinical environment play an important role in shaping the clinical experience.Effective clinical teaching improves the clinical practice of the nursing trainees which in turn improves the quality of patient care.It mandates for the clinical instructor with desired qualities,to have a positive influence in clinical education.This study examined nurse trainees'perceptions of clinical instructor characteristics.Methods:The current study was conducted in a multi-cultural tertiary setting using a cross-sectional descriptive design.Using convenience sampling,302 trainees were chosen as participants for the study,and there were 296 respondents.The data were collected from the participants using the Nursing Clinical Teacher Effectiveness Inventory(NCTEI)tool.Results:The findings of the study revealed that the clinical instructors have scored high in personality(scoring percentage=84.0%)and relatively low in teaching ability(scoring percentage=81.3%).Also,the overall perception was almost the same among all the trainees though there was a slight variation in their rating of each dimension.Conclusions:Nursing trainees indicated the instructors as having good personality and relatively low teaching ability.This mandates the clinical instructors in the clinical environment to empower themselves in this area of improvement.This helps the teaching institutions to consider all the domains of effective clinical instructor characteristics while recruitment and also organize programs giving emphasis on building and developing these characteristics to create effective instructors.

Correlation between acceptance of disability and social relational quality in patients with colostomy

Purpose:To investigate the correlation between acceptance of disability and the quality of social relations of patients with colostomies.Methods:A total of 111 patients with permanent colostomies were recruited by convenience sampling.They were asked to complete a general information questionnaire and assessed according to the Acceptance of Disability Scale and Social Relational Quality Scale.Results:Overall,the patients’acceptance of disability was moderate.The total score and factor scores of acceptance of disability were significantly correlated with the total score of social relational quality and the factor scores of family commitment and friendship(p<0.05).Conclusion:There is a positive correlation between acceptance of disability and social relational quality in patients with colostomy.These results will help improve patients’social relational quality of life and provide psychological intervention to promote their acceptance of disability.