Abstract

More than half of new graduate nurses start their careers in the hospital setting. Once there, they need an orientation that will help them make the transition from student to novice professional. It is just as important for experienced nurses transferring into another unit or hospital to be inculturated into the new work environment. In this study, academic and staff development educators collaborated to create the Nurse Preceptor Academy, a workshop that prepared over 700 nurse preceptors to be more effective in the preceptor role.

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Authors

Horton CD, DePaoli S, Hertach M, Bower M

Institution

School of Nursing, Graceland University, 1401 W. Truman Road, Independence, MO 64050, USA. horton@graceland.edu

Source

Journal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization 28:4 2012 Jul pg E1-7; quiz E8-9

MeSH

Academies and Institutes
Administrative Personnel
Clinical Competence
Education, Nursing, Continuing
Educational Measurement
Efficiency, Organizational
Faculty, Medical
Humans
Inservice Training
Models, Theoretical
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Preceptorship
Problem-Based Learning
Professional Role
Program Development
Questionnaires
Staff Development

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22821027