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Approachability Of The Instructor Within The Context Of Nursing Clinical Education: A Concept Analysis Using Rodger's Evolutionary Method, Angela Collier

International Journal of Health Sciences Education

Aim: The aim of the study is to report an analysis of the concept of approachability of the instructor within the context of nursing clinical education.

Background: Approachability of the instructor within the context of a nursing clinical education is a concept that is obscure and immature.

Design: Concept Analysis

Data Sources: A literature search between the years 1985 to present yielded 18 articles that were analyzed.

Method: Rodger’s Evolutionary Method was used for the concept analysis.

Results: The concept analysis identified the antecedents, attributes and consequences of approachability of the clinical nursing instructor. The antecedent was a …

Rural Practical Nursing Students' And Faculty Members' Perceptions Of Supports And Barriers To Success, Amy J. Randall-Mcsorley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Practical nursing program students at a rural vocational school (RCC) in the midwestern United States were graduating at a low rate that was putting the school at risk to not meet accreditation standards set by the Council on Occupational Education. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of practical nursing program students and faculty at RCC about institutional, situational, and dispositional supports and barriers students faced toward graduation. The conceptual framework, Cross’s model of barriers to adult learning, was used to identify institutional, situational, and dispositional supports and barriers. A bounded case study design was employed to …