The concept and practice of preceptorship in contemporary nursing: a review of pertinent literature.
The authors review 21 articles on preceptor programs in schools of nursing and service settings. They provide comparative details of various aspects of preceptor programs but particularly emphasize, first, the ways in which preceptors are trained and secondly, the content of preceptor training programs. The purpose of the review is to help administrators set up preceptor programs in their own localities.
D002170:Canada; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D011231:Preceptorship; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States