title: Evaluating the effectiveness of a clinical preceptorship program for registered nurses in jordan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors implemented and evaluated a preceptor training program to prepare registered nurses to become preceptors and to establish a nursing preceptor training program to promote knowledge of preceptorship among Jordanian nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A true experimental design was used. The sample consisted of 68 registered nurses recruited randomly from governmental, private, and university hospitals. A sociodemographic data form and a questionnaire on nurses' knowledge about preceptorship were developed for self-administration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study results showed that the difference between the experimental (n = 30, M = 33/41, SD = 4.5) and control (n = 38, M = 26/41, SD = 4.6) groups after implementation of the preceptorship program was statistically significant (t = 5.5, df = 66, p = .000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The preceptorship program showed significant improvement in participants' knowledge of clinical teaching.
authors: Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. m.alramly@ju.edu.jo
authors: Mahmoud
authors: M
authors: Al-Hussami
authors: Mohammad Y N
authors: MY
authors: Saleh
authors: Muhammad
authors: M
authors: Darawad
authors: Manal
authors: M
authors: Alramly
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D009726:Nurses; D011231:Preceptorship; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires