Table 1.
Elements of the Protocol for Guidance in the Pediatric Nursing Practicum
| Categories | Elements | |
|---|---|---|
| Detailed information | School-based information | |
| Nursing practice regulations | ||
| Role and responsibilities of CPFs and CNIs | ||
| Protection of students' right to education | ||
| Students' safety standards and legal/ethical issues | ||
| Pediatric patient safety standards and legal/ethical issues | ||
| Infection prevention strategies and quarantine guidelines | ||
| Curriculum(major prerequisite: theory, practice) | ||
| Nursing practice objectives and learning outcomes | ||
| Syllabus | ||
| Practicum schedule and student assignment charts | ||
| Clinical practice checklist and core basic nursing skill | ||
| Homework assignments | ||
| Achievement criteria and evaluation tool | ||
| Faculty online site and application | ||
| In-school facility and training center information | ||
| Related documentation forms | ||
| School contact information | ||
| Pediatric ward-based information | ||
| Hospital policy for students: nursing activities students can perform | ||
| Introduction to the pediatric unit: location, structure, treatment and nursing schedule | ||
| Pediatric nurses' work and duties | ||
| Pediatric patient characteristics: age, common diagnoses, treatment, medication, nursing care | ||
| Patient information access and confidentiality: EMR usage | ||
| Infection prevention strategies and quarantine guidelines | ||
| Pediatric unit contact information | ||
| Teaching methodology | Characteristics and needs of today's learners | |
| Communication skills and conflict management | ||
| Coping strategies for contextual problems | ||
| Critical thinking and PBL | ||
| Role of facilitator and feedback | ||
| Management and participation of CPX | ||
| Management and participation of clinical simulations | ||
| Skills for using a high-fidelity simulator | ||
| Partnership | Conference before clinical practice: CPF and CNI | |
| Sharing of nursing practice schedule and students' assignments | ||
| Discussion of syllabus and students' documentation | ||
| Decision of pre-learning subjects | ||
| Simulation module review | ||
| Sharing of teaching schedule | ||
| Continued conference: CPFs and CNIs | ||
| Process evaluation | ||
| Self-evaluation and improvement plan | ||
| Conference after clinical practice: CPFs and CNIs | ||
| Student achievement analysis | ||
CNI, clinical nursing instructor; CPF, clinical practice faculty; CPX, clinical performance examination; EMR, electronic medical record; PBL, problembased learning.