Clinical Responsibilities & Expectations

Faculty supervising clinical instruction are expected to:

Orient students to the clinical location and the simulation lab.
- Location & lab expectations, and safety protocols, (including psychological safety,) always maintaining professional behavior in the clinical location and simulation lab.
Ensure clinical activities support core competencies and offer opportunities for adaptive behavior in the physiologic, role function, and interdependence modes.
Provide real-time coaching. Supervise students actively and intervene when safety or professionalism is at risk.
- Roy's cognator subsystems are used.
Model professional behaviors that promote adaptation, ethical practice and patient-centered care. This includes monitoring a professional appearance.
Conduct confidential, structured post-clinical debriefings to guide students in recognizing ineffective behaviors and developing adaptive strategies focusing on growth.
Evaluate student performance using consistent tools and document both adaptive and maladaptive responses.
Address unsafe or unprofessional behaviors promptly as indicators of compromised adaptation, offering opportunities for behavioral redirection.
Serve as role models of patient advocacy and collaborative care.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Clinical Instructors are responsible for gathering student clinical location badges and returning them to the Clinical Coordinator or Director of Nursing at the end of each semester.