Clinical credibility and the role of the nurse teacher

This paper explores the role of the nurse teacher looking specifically at the issue of clinical credibility and the value, in terms of the student's optimal learning, of the nurse teacher teaching in both the classroom and the clinical setting. The concern for the nurse teacher to be clinically credible will be considered essentially in relation to how such a demand may be perceived by the nurse teacher. The various interpretations given to the need to be 'clinically credible' are considered and the implications of interpretations that do not entail actual direct care giving are discussed.