NATIONAL COLLEGE OF NURSING

BARWALA (HISAR)

NURSING CLINIC

SUBJECT : NURSING EDUCATION

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DEFINITION: A bedside clinic is a process in which a clinical teacher and a group of learners
sees a patient, elicits or verifies physical signs discusses provisional diagnosis, diagnostic or
therapeutic options in the clinical setting’’

PURPOSES

 To portray nursing problem and to provide a complete picture of the related nursing care by
associating with a specific individual.

 To improve the quality of nursing care .

 To improve the student ability to solve nursing problems by detailed study and analysis of
nursing situation.

 Help the student to sharpen their observation skill in systematic and organized manner .
 To realize the need for understanding every patient an individual and appreciate their
problems and outlook
 Provide learning experience for nursing students to collect information about the patient.
 To plan and execute nursing care paln according to the needs and problems of the patient.

PHASES/STEPS

1 INTRODUCTION PHASE.

2. THE DISCUSSION PHASE

3. EVALUATION PHASE

INTODUCTION PHASE: A prior permission is sought from the patient and the
relatives for conducting bedside clinic
 The information thus collected are kept confidential.
 The instructor gives a brief account regarding the name of a patient,venue and other
details as to help the student to study the case sheet in advance before discussion take
place
 DISSCUSSION PHASE:

 The discussion phase is initiated by the instructor or the student who is responsible for
the patient care.
 The patient may contribute to the discussion group if he choose depending on his
condition
 The student are allowed to interact with the patient for further clarifications.
 The discussion phase may take about 30-40 minute of time.
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 EVALUATION PHASE:

 Once the interactionis over ,the patient is set free

 Further the students discuss on doubts and can clarify.

 The bedside clinic ends with a summary,recapitulation of important aspects and feedback
from the students

 ADVANTAGES

 Bedside clinic allows the students to prepare extensively in advance to participate

effectively in patient care

 It helps the students to develop autonomy.

 It allows students to select patient with disease condition of common interest.

 Bedside clinic allows the students to develop and maintain professional competence.

 Bedside clinic promotes clinical competencies like reasoning, psychomotor and

communication skill among students

 It develop the ability of the students toevaluate critically and improve own performance.

 DISADVANTAGES:

 Bedside clinic may be an encumbrance to the patients

 Its narrowness limits the utilization of the processbedside clinic is an expensive

procedure
 It may disturb the privacy of the patient

 Result in poor stanadardization.