Supporting nurse practitioner education:Preceptorship recruitment and retention
作者机构:Independent Nursing Practice ConsultantAncasterONCanada Faculty of Human and Social DevelopmentUniversity of VictoriaVictoriaBCCanada
出 版 物:《International Journal of Nursing Sciences》 (国际护理科学(英文))
年 卷 期:2018年第5卷第2期
页 面:115-120页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
摘 要:Objectives:Clinical experience is an essential component of nurse practitioner(NP)education that relies heavily on *** and retention of preceptors is challenging due to many variables that can affect NP education and *** surveyed Canadian NP programs to understand their preceptorship structures,how they support preceptorship,and to identify gaps and challenges to recruitment and retention of ***:An 18-item survey,developed by the NP Education Interest Group,was distributed to 24 universities across 10 Canadian *** validity and reliability was assessed by experienced NPs and NP *** were analyzed using relative frequency statistics and thematic *** consisted of administrative staff and/or faculty designated as responsible for recruitment and retention of NP ***:Seventeen returned surveys were analyzed and demonstrated more similarities than differences across Canada s NP programs,particularly related to barriers affecting recruitment and retention of *** findings identified NP programs have too many students for the number of available clinical sites/preceptors,resulting in overutilization,burnout,or refusal to take *** with other health disciplines for clinical placements was identified as a challenge to *** commented they lack time to recruit,provide follow-up,offer support,or seek preceptors feedback due to competing work *** identified the need for standardized funding for preceptor remuneration and recognition across the ***:The findings suggest the need for exploring a wider intraprofessional collaboration among graduate NP programs/faculty,clinical placement sites,and NPs to facilitate the recruitment and retention of preceptors.