Student Nurse Profiles and List of Specialty Areas

Imagine you are an Academic Educator instructing beginning nursing students on how to integrate the theoretical components of the classroom experience into the clinical environment. On Day 1 of Week 10, your Instructor will assign you to one of the following Student Nurse Profiles to complete your Module 6 Assessment. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your Student Nurse Profile assignment.

Student Nurse Profiles

· Student Nurse in a psychiatric unit (2nd- to 3rd-year level nursing)

· Student Nurse in a medical-surgical unit (1st-year medical-surgical student) where the possibility of surgery exists for the patient

· Entry-level Student Nurse with no clinical experience (never has been in the role of a nurse)

· Student Nurse in the community-based environment (senior-level nursing)

List of Specialty Areas

Once you have been assigned to your Student Nurse Profile, next select a specialty area from the following list to match your Student Nurse Profile.

· Psychiatry

· Medical-Surgical

· Obstetrics/Gynecology

· Pediatrics

· Critical Care

PART 1: THE STUDENT NURSE’S ASSIGNED PATIENT
Describe the objective you developed for your student nurse as he/she manages care for the patient on the unit of the specialty area you selected. Also describe a patient profile for the patient under consideration.
Describe activities that will support your designated student nurse in developing their skills to meet the objective that you developed for the clinical experience and specialty area you selected. Be specific.
Explain how these activities will be beneficial in supporting the objective you developed. Explain which core competencies of the Clinical Nurse Educator are addressed through the patient assignment and activities and why. Be specific.
Explain the legal and ethical issues pertaining to working as a clinical nurse educator in the practice partner’s clinical environment.