Demonstrating holistic clinical judgment: preceptors perceptions of new graduate nurses.
There has been little research on what beginning yet competent clinical judgment "looks like" to preceptors, those individuals charged with evaluating the performance of new graduate nurses during the orientation/training process. This phenomenological study explicates how preceptors interpret clinical judgment in new nurses during their orientation to labor and delivery.
McNiesh
Susan
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School of Nursing, San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, USA. mcniesh@cruzio.com
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires