\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a 2013 Doody's Core Title and Essential Purchase! \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Third Edition:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I recommend this book as an introduction to new educators involved in clinical teaching.\" \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Journal for Nurses in Staff Development \u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition of this highly acclaimed text continues to provide a comprehensive framework for planning, guiding, and evaluating learning activities for graduate and undergraduate nursing students in numerous clinical settings. A respected resource for clinical faculty, it addresses the distinct requirements of clinical learning as opposed to classroom learning and provides proven strategies to maximize clinical education. The revision features expanded content on teaching graduate students, regulatory issues affecting distance education, and the use of social media. It covers establishing and using dedicated education units (DEUs), the challenges of student access to electronic health records and documentation of care, and reducing the demands of clinical staff members when multiple students rotate through a particular setting.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, this edition provides guidelines for using preceptors, evaluating multimedia, and observing students in practice; sample observation guidelines, learning assignments, and clinical learning activities; and sample policies for clinical evaluation and adherence to professional conduct standards. It includes the latest revisions of the NCLEX test plan and the AACN Essentials guidelines for nursing education. The instructor?s manual, which includes learning activities for each chapter and teaching suggestions, and PowerPoint presentations accompany the text.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew to the Fourth edition:\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTwo completely new chapters: the first \"Developing Clinical Learning Sites,\" and the second \"Pedagogical Technologies for Clinical Education\" \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eExpanded approaches for meeting the clinical needs of graduate students \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eRegulatory issues affecting distance education across state lines \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUsing social media \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDiscussion of benefits of DEUs and practical suggestions for developing them as clinical teaching sites \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eImportant content regarding the NLN CNE\u003csup\u003e\u003csmall\u003eTM\u003c/small\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e Examination Detailed Test Blueprint \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChallenges of student access to electronic health records \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGuidelines for using preceptors, evaluating multimedia, and student observation \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSample observation guidelines, learning assignments, and clinical learning activities and sample policies for clinical evaluation and professional conduct standards \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e
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