Long-Term Care Nurse Role Models in Clinical Nursing Education: The ECLEPs Experience

This article describes the partnership formed between long-term care (LTC) staff nurses and clinical nursing faculty to provide students with excellent clinical experiences in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The nurses, called Clinical Education Liaisons, contributed to faculty underst...

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Published inJournal of gerontological nursing Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 43 - 51
Main Authors White, Diana L, Cartwright, Juliana, Lottes, Jost
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.01.2012
Subjects
Chronic illnesses
Education, Nursing - organization & administration
Long-Term Care
Models, Nursing
Nurse's Role
Nurses
Nursing
Role models
Staff Development
Students
United States
United States
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Summary:This article describes the partnership formed between long-term care (LTC) staff nurses and clinical nursing faculty to provide students with excellent clinical experiences in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The nurses, called Clinical Education Liaisons, contributed to faculty understanding about LTC and served as resources for students. Faculty provided ongoing mentorship about current trends in clinical education. An in-person interactive training program prepared the nurses and faculty for their new partnership roles. Evaluation results indicate the Enriching Clinical Learning Environments through Partnerships program was successful, with all LTC nurses indicating they would participate in the program again. They also reported that the students had contributed to their organizations and were being well prepared for future practice.
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ISSN:0098-9134
1938-243X
DOI:10.3928/00989134-20110831-01