title: Being a preceptor is stressful!
abstract: Results of a mail survey of 295 preceptors indicated preceptoring nursing students can be a stressful experience, with overwork identified as the main source of stress. Overwork resulted from unsuitability of students for the clinical area, lack of time, and insufficient feedback and guidance. The findings suggest that both students and preceptors require proper readiness assessment and preceptorship preparation. Preceptorship stress needs to be acknowledged; it can be addressed through workload adjustments and by providing feedback and support from nurse educators, peers, and managers.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. olive.yonge@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Olive
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yonge
authors.forename: Harvey
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krahn
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trojan
authors.forename: Doreen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haase
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000416:Alberta; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011231:Preceptorship; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload