The Clinical Communication Program: An innovation in clinical learning for nursing students
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Date
2008
Authors
Button, Elizabeth Dionicia
Kelton, Moira Frances
Wotton, Karen Gail
Gigger, Sarah
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Publisher
The Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN)
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Copyright 2008 The Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN).
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The Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN)
Abstract
The Clinical Communication Program (CCP) is an online interactive learning program with
multiple components to assist in preparing students, including those for who English is not
their first language, for clinical practice in the Australian clinical nursing environment.
The program is virtual and accessible by students, academics and clinical facilitators in any
location (university, home or clinical setting). The program is interactive, using Adobe Flash
Player, sound files, PDF files of current charts used in the health agencies. The program
consists of a nursing handover of 16 patients incorporating elements from actual practice
scenarios combined with visual and phonic elements. The aim is to increase nursing students
knowledge and skill in oral and written communication and therefore to assist them in
integrating into the clinical workplace. The ability to chart, to total and to make a judgment
about a patient’s fluid intake and out put is also included as one of the many activities the
CCP covers.
Keywords: Clinical Communication, Nurses, International students
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Copyright 2008 The Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN) . Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission from the publisher.
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Button, E.D., Kelton, M.F., Wotton, K.G., & Gigger, S., 2008. The Clinical Communication Program: An innovation in clinical learning for nursing students. The WACE/ACEN Asia Pacific Conference 2008 E-Proceedings, 74-80.