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The changes in the role of the nurse teacher following the formation of links with higher education
Author(s) -
Carlisle Caroline,
Kirk Susan,
Luker Karen A
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.25315.x
Subject(s) - delphi method , nurse educator , higher education , nursing , variety (cybernetics) , nurse education , psychology , data collection , medical education , medicine , sociology , political science , social science , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
A national study was conducted in England over a three‐year period (1991–1994) to explore the changing role of the nurse teacher The study used multiple methods of data collection, including a modified Delphi survey and a series of telephone interviews A wide variety of respondents (nurse teachers, midwife teachers, clinical nurses, health service managers and higher education lecturers) were included in the sample This paper presents findings relating to the changes in the role of the nurse teacher following the formation of links with higher education Some of the issues discussed include the difficulties related to academic status and the relationships between nurse teachers and other lecturers in higher education, changes in teaching styles and the place of student nurses with higher education The implications for nurse teachers which stem from a closer association with higher education are explored