title: Preparation of nurses who precept baccalaureate nursing students: a descriptive study.
abstract: Clinical preceptorship is employed by baccalaureate nursing education programs as a capstone experience and a means of initiating the professional socialization of senior-level students who will shortly be new graduates. This quantitative, descriptive study explored the perceptions about preceptor preparation among nurses who precept baccalaureate nursing students. Mercer's Role Attainment Theory was the theoretical framework for this study, in which 75 participants from two hospitals in the Midwest completed a survey. Two key findings emerged from the data: All preceptors of senior-level nursing students want to know what their responsibilities are with regard to the student and the preceptorship experience, and nurses in critical care areas identified learning how to teach critical thinking to senior-level students as more essential than did nurses in other areas.
authors.affiliation: Josie Harper Campus, Nebraska Methodist College, 720 North 87th Street, Omaha, NE 68114, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rogan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D015146:Midwestern United States; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires