HEALTHCARE FROM THE CLASSROOM TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Authors : Vesna Paunović
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Manuscript keywords: medical schools, teaching,patient,nursing
Abstract
Background: Nurses work in the fields of health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and
rehabilitation. After finishing high school, the title of nurse-technician is obtained, and they
can be employed in primary, secondary, or tertiary healthcare institutions in basic medical care
jobs up to the complex requirements of progressive care. The ability to transfer theory from the
classroom to clinical practice is a key skill in nursing education. This transfer refers to students'
ability to adapt classroom knowledge to different clinical practice situations. In order to provide
nursing care that meets the standards of professional care, medical school students must
accurately and effectively transfer theoretical knowledge to address specific patient care
situations. Nursing education programs prepare students through a variety of learning
opportunities that include simulated situations in health care offices and real-world situations
in clinical-hospital settings. Education takes place in classrooms, laboratories, and clinics.
While the classroom environment provides students with mostly theoretical information, the
clinical environment provides opportunities to put theoretical information into practice.
Aim: To show the importance of practical teaching in the education of nurses.
Method: Literature review, synthesis, and extraction of key professional and contemporary
literature.
Conclusion: Medical school students can acquire quality skills for patient care to the extent that
they are able to implement them through theoretical knowledge in the clinical environment.