title: RN preceptor learning needs assessment.
abstract: One institution's registered nurse preceptor training curriculum was revised to include preceptors' input to ensure their learning needs were being met. A descriptive study design was used to answer the following research questions: (a) what knowledge, skills, and attitudes do nurses believe they need to have to be a preceptor; (b) when, in the course of their development, do preceptors believe they need this information; and (c) in what manner(s) do preceptors prefer to learn this information? Thirteen topics that preceptors believed were important were identified. The results of this study were used to successfully revise the preceptor training curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Multidisciplinary Simulation Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. foy.denise@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Foy
authors.forename: Marny
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011231:Preceptorship