First Advisor

Parker, Carlo

Document Type

Dissertation

Date Created

12-2022

Embargo Date

12-2023

Abstract

Clinical nurse educators oversee students in clinical practice settings to teach safe and effective patient care. Current national shortages require schools to utilize novice nurse educators to fill these roles. Clinical nurse educators enter academia with varying backgrounds, experiences, and educational preparations. Novice nurse educators might struggle with role ambiguity with increasing levels of stress during the transition process. Recent national competencies were created to clarify the clinical nurse educator role. This study explored clinical nurse educators’ perceived self-confidence in performing competencies through a mixed methods approach using the Clinical Nurse Educator Skill Acquisition Assessment (CNESAA) and interviews. Seventeen participants reported a significant relationship between levels of education (p

Extent

161 pages

Local Identifiers

Wallace_unco_0161D_11084.pdf

Rights Statement

Copyright is held by the author.

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