BEDSIDE CLINIC

BEDSIDE CLINIC
DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR.
maheswarijaikumar2103@gmail.com

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”. GABERSON

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’s ability to
solve nursing problems by detailed
study and analysis of nursing
situation.

• Helps the students to sharpen their
observation skill in a systematic
and organized manner.
• To realize the need for
understanding every patient as an
individual and appreciate their
problems and outlook.

• Provides a learning experience
for nursing students to collect
information about the patient.
• To plan and execute nursing care
plan according to the needs and
problems of the patient.

PHASES / STEPS
•1. INTRODUCTION PHASE.
•2. THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
•3. EVALUATION PHASE.

INTRODUCTION 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
so as to help the students to
study the case sheet in advance
before discussion takes place.

DISCUSSION PHASE
• The discussion is initiated by the
instructor or the student who is
responsible for the patient care.
• No criticism is made over the
patient’s condition such as to
humiliate him.

• The patient may contribute to
the discussion group if he
chooses depending on his
condition.
• The students are allowed to
interact with the patient for
further clarifications.

• The discussion phase may take
about 30 – 40 minutes of time.

EVALUATION PHASE
• Once the interaction is 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
patients with disease conditions
of common interest.
• It helps the students to ably
review and investigate the
quality of clinical practice.

• Bedside clinic allows the students
to develop and maintain
professional competence.
• It promotes a better
understanding among the
students in terms of health,
illness and health care system.

• Bedside clinic promotes clinical
competencies like reasoning,
psychomotor and
communication skills among
students.
• It develops the ability of the
students to evaluate critically
and improve own performance.

DISADVANTAGES
• Bedside clinics may be an
encumbrance to the patients.
• It’s narrowness limits the
utilization of the process.

• Bedside clinic is an expensive
procedure.
• It may disturb the privacy of the
patient.
• Results in poor standardization.

BEDSIDE CLINIC

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