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What Does a Clinical Nurse Educator Do?

The role of a clinical nurse educator听mainly requires听collaborative work between healthcare setting interprofessional teams,听nursing听faculty teaching in the classroom, and students assigned to clinical learning experiences in the healthcare setting.听听This requires that the clinical nurse educator has a great degree of competence related to caring for patients, clients, and families. In particular, the responsibilities of a clinical nurse educator include:

• Leading, educating, and assessing听nursing听student skills, knowledge, and clinical judgement
  
• Collaborating with听nursing听course faculty or working independently to develop, implement, and test student evaluation processes
  
• Running a pre and post clinical briefing session for students to听facilitate听student鈥檚 learning related to experiences the student鈥檚 will or have had in the clinical setting
  
• Researching听methods for improved听student education in a clinical setting
  
• Implementing strategies and learning opportunities for听nursing听students in the clinical setting to assure students function within the policies and standards of the healthcare environment.
  
• Tracking the learning, competency, and clinical judgment of the听nursing听student throughout their assigned clinical learning experience and sharing that information with the听the听student and course faculty
  
• Educating听nursing听students on听optimal听task performance
  

These and other responsibilities often define the role of a clinical nurse educator, a听nursing听professional with considerable skill, knowledge, and clinical judgement听regarding听current patient care standards and processes.