The Clinical Assistant Program for Nursing Education Mentorship

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A Clinical Assistant Program at West Virginia University School of Nursing helps prepare senior-level BSN students for leadership in nursing and increases nursing students’ awareness of the rewards inherent in the nurse-educator role. In this podcast, four faculty members (Dr. Stacy Huber, Amanda Kitzmiller, Tonya Thompson, and Amber Ziese) describe the design and implementation of their Clinical Assistant Program in which senior nursing students work side-by-side with a clinical nurse educators who are instructing sophomore-level students. The authors explain how the program was developed and share the feedback they received from the clinical educators and students. Find resources to support sound design of a Clinical Assistant Program in their article.