title: Precepting and mentoring needs of nursing faculty and clinical instructors: fostering career development and community.
abstract: A descriptive survey was conducted to describe (a) perceptions of precepting and mentoring at early-, mid-, and late-career phases and (b) the organization's support of department members' precepting and mentoring needs. Participants were nursing faculty and clinical instructors at a midwestern public university. The Measure of Precepting and Mentoring was developed for this study. Findings indicate that clinical instructors experience greater precepting and mentoring satisfaction than faculty and distance-site department members experience a higher level of satisfaction than main-campus department members. Faculty expressed the most dissatisfaction for late-career mentoring and organizational culture and outcomes. From the qualitative data, three themes emerged: (a) a need for precepting and mentoring that changes with time, (b) a lack of an organizational precepting and mentoring philosophy and supporting mechanisms, and (c) the feeling of together but separate. A model of precepting and mentoring emerged from our study.
authors: College of Nursing, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614-1709, USA. smithsk@etsu.edu
authors: Sheila K
authors: SK
authors: Smith
authors: Jill R
authors: JR
authors: Hecker-Fernandes
authors: CeCelia
authors: C
authors: Zorn
authors: Linda
authors: L
authors: Duffy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D003625:Data Collection; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D008875:Middle Aged; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D012111:Residence Characteristics