Clinical Nurse Instructor Advice...

Whispera, MSN, RN · Feb 19, 2009

Call the local schools of nursing to see what's available. BSN nurses can teach ADN or LPN clinicals in lots of places. Sometimes they'll require that you're working on your MSN though. As far as pay goes, it's not likely you'll earn as much per hour as you work as a staff nurse.

allnurses Guide · Feb 22, 2009

BSNs can usually teach clinicals in an ADN program, as Angela said. I did a set of clinicals for our local Community College, but had the advantage of being in a Nursing Education class that semester as well; I learned alot about the application of what I was studying at the same time. I was also very fortunate to have 2 great mentors to teach me how they graded things, and what to look for and do.

One of the text books we used is "Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing" by K. Gaberson and M. Oermann. It is absolutely terrific, full of practical details on how to do things.

The pay is less than 2/3 of what I make in the ER. There's a lot of paperwork involved too, grading weekly clinical paperwork, teaching projects, evaluations, etc. Takes a good bit of time outside of the actual clinical time. On the other hand, I really enjoyed it, had a good time with two great sets of students.

marachne · Feb 22, 2009

BSNs can usually teach clinicals in an ADN program, as Angela said. I did a set of clinicals for our local Community College, but had the advantage of being in a Nursing Education class that semester as well; I learned alot about the application of what I was studying at the same time. I was also very fortunate to have 2 great mentors to teach me how they graded things, and what to look for and do.
One of the text books we used is "Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing" by K. Gaberson and M. Oermann. It is absolutely terrific, full of practical details on how to do things.
The pay is less than 2/3 of what I make in the ER. There's a lot of paperwork involved too, grading weekly clinical paperwork, teaching projects, evaluations, etc. Takes a good bit of time outside of the actual clinical time. On the other hand, I really enjoyed it, had a good time with two great sets of students.

Another excellent book for teaching clinicals is Nursing Education in the Clinical Setting by Roberta Emerson (Mosby Elsevier 2007). Among other things, the last chapter is a "clinical toolbox" with resources as well as sample forms, case studies, etc.