Overcoming the challenges of providing clinical/practice education.
The responsibility of educating increasing numbers of students presents major challenges for nursing education. The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) established a task force to examine the issues and barriers associated with provision of clinical/practice education for nursing students and to assist in the development of national guidelines for practice education. In this article, the authors present key findings and recommendations resulting from a literature review, a survey of member schools and a national forum on clinical practice education. All schools of nursing are encouraged to continue to develop innovative ways of providing practice experience to meet growing demands.
MacFarlane
Ellen
E
St. Francis Xavier University School of Nursing, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Milliken
Jane
J
Ouellet
Louiselle L
LL
Thrasher
Christine
C
Gartner
Joanne
J
Harder
Nicole
N
Cox
Katherine
K
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