Understanding nurse preceptors’ experiences in a primary health care setting: A descriptive qualitative study

Abstract

Nurse preceptors provide clinical teaching and a supervisory role to a wide variety of individuals, from pre-registration nurses (Todd et al., 2019) to newly qualified nurses (La & Yun, 2019) across the health care system. There has been an increasing demand for primary health care services with the shift of focus from acute to primary care due to the increasing ageing population with high prevalence of chronic diseases (Miura et al., 2020). This increases the demand for skilled and competent nurses in the primary health care

Nurse preceptors' experiences of promoting and teaching fundamental care to undergraduate nursing students: A qualitative study

“…However, with the increased need for educating competent nurses who can meet patients with complex health needs, several studies focusing on preceptorship in the context of primary care have been conducted (Frøiland et al, 2021;Gonella et al, 2019;Ong et al, 2021;Plathe et al, 2021). Although these studies convey the idea that nursing homes offer students learning opportunities, none described fundamental care as the content of the learning activities during students' first-year clinical placement.…”

“…Several studies focusing on nurse preceptorship have been conducted in specialized units or acute care within a hospital context (Macey et al, 2021; Widiawati et al, 2021) or mental care setting (Vuckovic et al, 2019; Vuckovic & Landgren, 2021). However, with the increased need for educating competent nurses who can meet patients with complex health needs, several studies focusing on preceptorship in the context of primary care have been conducted (Frøiland et al, 2021; Gonella et al, 2019; Ong et al, 2021; Plathe et al, 2021). Although these studies convey the idea that nursing homes offer students learning opportunities, none described fundamental care as the content of the learning activities during students' first‐year clinical placement.…”

Effectiveness of an online program using telesimulation for academic–clinical collaboration in preparing nurse preceptors’ roles

“…Preceptor quality is crucial in supporting future nurses in their transition experiences (Rush et al, 2019). Hence, the need for all preceptors to undergo professional development in preceptorship has been recommended to ensure the success of clinical nursing education (Dev et al, 2020; Ong et al, 2021). The importance of academic–clinical collaboration was emphasised to facilitate smooth transition to practice for students (Bowles et al, 2021; Gillett et al, 2021).…”