title: The pleasure of your company: attitudes and opinions of preceptors toward nurse practitioner preceptees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To survey the attitudes and opinions of preceptors about their experiences with nurse practitioner students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Original research using a mailed questionnaire designed by the researchers to 196 physician and nurse practitioner preceptors (23% response rate).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preceptors desired faculty support and feedback, wanted involvement in shaping the curriculum, and had strong opinions about the precepting experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The attitudes and opinions of preceptors are extremely important to the availability of a qualified and motivated pool of preceptors, the clinical growth of the students, the quality of the student's learning experience, and the survival of nurse practitioner programs.
authors.affiliation: Barry University School of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Program, USA.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hauri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D011231:Preceptorship; D011361:Professional Competence