Nurse teacher's clinical work: a survey report.

This paper reports on the results of a survey of nurse teachers in four colleges of nursing in England (n = 126). Data were collected using a questionnaire survey. In this survey a five-point Likert scale was developed from an earlier study, to explore nurse teachers' perception of this clinical role. The findings indicate that a number of factors may be influential in the way in which nurse teachers approach their clinical activity. This includes personal factors such as age, educational grade and the length of time spent working in nurse education. Organizational factors also appear to make a difference in the teacher who worked in an organizational model which ensured a smaller number link ward areas were more likely to exhibit a positive and orientation towards clinical work. Factor analysis of the clinical scale resulted in loading of items relating to confidence in clinical role, preparation for the role, influence in clinical area and supervision of students in clinical areas. The implications of these findings are discussed.