Description:

The Clinical Nursing Instructor is responsible for planning, organizing, and supervising students in clinical learning experiences.

Responsibilities:

Supervise students in clinical learning experiences [Texas Board of Nursing (2011) Rules and Regulations §215.7(i)(1)].

Supervise all initial nursing procedures in the clinical area and ascertain that the student is competent before allowing the student to perform independently; [Texas Board of Nursing (2011) Rules and Regulations §215.7(i)(2)].

Secure preceptors for students when indicated by course requirements.

Develop student clinical schedules according to level of education.

Contact and establish an effective working relationship with the clinical areas.

Communicate objectives.

Plan and orient students to clinical area.

Make assignments in the clinical area to correlate with classroom/laboratory content.

Provide verbal and/or written feedback in a timely manner to students on clinical assignments and for clinical/laboratory performance.

Solicit feedback from agency personnel for student evaluations and identification of actual or potential problems.

Develop, assign, and evaluate alternate learning experiences.

Attain 20 hours of continuing education bi-annually as required by the Texas Board of Nursing.

LVN, meet criteria for wavier according to BON rule 215.7(d)(3). Hold a current license or privilege to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Texas.

Three years of recent nursing experience and varied nursing experience.

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uired for this position.