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Factors In Clinical Instruction Which Influence Effective Student Performance, Lynette Kapualani Hong

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Teaching and maintenance of standards of nursing care are indeed a responsibility of the clinical instructor. If she is to do effective instruction of the student's clinical experience, she needs to know what factors are influencing the student's performance as a result of her presence.

The significance of the student's reactions to various educational experiences has been receiving increasing recognition during the last several years. This study was conducted to identify factors from nursing students' opinions concerning what clinical instructors do that influence effective student performance. These factors have been outlined for use in planning more effective clinical instructions.

The …

Survey Of The Student Load At The Paradise Valley School Of Nursing, Dorothy M. James

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to find out to what extent the student load at the Paradise Valley School of Nursing was conductive to a well balance life and to make recommendations which might guide the faculty in curriculum planning.

The normative-survey was the method used to gather data from the faculty and students of the Paradise Valley School of Nursing. Interviews and two guide sheets were used to gather information from fourteen instructors regarding their course requirements and their estimates of balanced living for students. One activity record was used on which students recorded their activities for two weeks. Forty-six …

An Investigation Regarding Faculty-Student Ratio In The Medical-Surgical Area In Accredited Collegiate Schools Of Nursing, Frances Louise Fickess

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Statement of the Problem: the purpose of this study was to find out the current faculty-student ratio in the medical-surgical area in collegiate school of nursing which were fully accredited by the National League for Nursing and the number of students with which instructors felt comfortable in their clinical instructions.

Method: the descriptive survey method with a questionnaire was used to collect data from the study. Eighty-six instructors returned the questionnaire.

Summary of Findings: most instructors were responsible for teaching more than one class level of students and were teaching in a hospital without segregated service. Forty-eight …