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Instructor contracts and evaluations -- Effective student evaluations -- Learning requirements and syllabus preparation -- First day of clinical, including expectations, forms, and assessments -- Nursing assessments, concept mapping, and critical thinking -- Sensory deficits in the elderly and assessments of the visual, auditory, and nasal systems -- Understanding, assessing, and treating pain -- Understanding cancer and cancer treatments; death and dying -- Fluids and electrolytes and the acid base balance -- Caring for the geriatric patient -- Assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal system disorders -- Pharmacology, patient safety, and laboratory tests -- Critical care nursing -- Emergency nursing -- Hematology, the endocrine system, and related disorders -- Reproductive system functions, assessment, diseases, and treatments -- Career goals and planning, including professional identity, job search, and licensing exam -- Makeup assignments.

This is the first comprehensive resource for clinical medical-surgical nursing instructors responsible for guiding students through their entire clinical rotation. Filling a huge gap in resources for instructors required to teach the medical-surgical nursing course, it contains everything the new or adjunct instructor needs to teach expertly and confidently. The guide features a week-by-week instructional plan for the clinical rotation and includes all materials necessary to effectively perform administrative leadership and supervision, assess students'' knowledge and learning styles, maximize.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.