Clinical Environment Influence on Careers
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Running head: CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT1CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTStudent name:Institutional affiliation:Professor:Date:
CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT2IntroductionLearning may be defined as the change in the mind of a person’s knowledge and even behavior due to experiences (Webber-Cross, 2014, p. 36). The experiences may be through being taught, study, or accidental life experiences. Learning takes place in several ways despite personal or professional. Therefore, teaching and learning may be defined as a process that at some point depends on each other for its efficiency.However, learning has continued to face several challenges which include engaging learners. Teachers are expected to communicate the values of learning and development to their learners which as some point becomes a problem since engaging learner remains one of the most expensive tasks. Often, it’s a challenge to convince learners to attend classes, actively participatein class, and follow through their academic thus this has continued to challenge learning (Wynne,2010, p. 29). Secondly, the learning environment plays a significant role in enhancing learning hence the learning environment will affect the teaching and learning process. This essay then seeks to address various challenges to teaching and learning in the clinical environment. Since, clinical professionals are often taught in a clinical environment then what are the challenges associated with learning in such environments. The essay will also analyze various learning theories and discuss the best fit theory to facilitate learning.Clinical environment Clinical teaching may be defined as the process of teaching and learning directly while involvingpatients and their problems. Often, nursing students learn in a clinical setting to equip them with relevant skills in their education programs. However, the clinical environment has continued to face various problems since researchers are seeing it is not wise to teach nurses in the clinical
CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT3environment. This has then challenged their capability since in most cases they not qualified for the tasks they perform. (In Mackenzie, In Jeggo, In Daszak, In Richt, & Springer-Verlag, 2013, p. 48). Recently, cases of unqualified students attending to patients are increasing resulting in poor treatment which has the effect of challenge nursing students to learn in the clinical environment. Despite the numerous advantages of learning in a clinical environment the learning set has continued to be challenged despite the fact that learning in such environment enhances learner with real life experiences. When learners learn in such an environment, they experience real life experiences (Edgecombe & Bowden, 2014, p. 33). Frequently, nurses learn care settings thus when they are learning in a clinical environment they can comfortably apply knowledge learned in real life experiences.Secondly, when learners are allowed to learn in a clinical environment, there are unplanned experiences. Such experiences may not be applicable in a class setting thus improving the skills of a learner (Hovenga & In Grain, 2013, p. 64). Furthermore, learning in clinical environment integrates agency routines, and a feeling of a sense of belonging can be felt since students can adapt with their working environment. Moreover, students can acquire feedback on their performances directly from patients. This will then help the student assess their strong and weak areas thus improving where needed. Usually, nurses, since their studies are conducted in a clinical setting they work in part time at the clinical institution thus the students thanks to the clinical environment they can earn while still working. On the other hand, the clinical environment has been associated with various disadvantages which include trial and error resulting in worsening of a patient’s health. Similarly, such cases
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