Nursing Students' Satisfaction with Supervision from Preceptors during Clinical Practice

Abstract

Background & Aims: Student satisfaction from preceptor is achieved when the student involves in patient care in clinical setting, he knows himself as part of the treatment team, experiences responsibility and authority, and in fact, encounters with learning outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate nursing students' satisfaction with supervision from preceptors during clinical practice. Material & Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. One hundred and twelve nursing students who had experienced preceptorship program participated in this study. To evaluate the nursing student satisfaction with supervision from preceptors "Nursing Facilitator Clinical Questionnaire" was used. Data were analyzed with ttest, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test by using SPSS version 16. Results: The mean score of nursing student satisfaction from preceptor was 100.25±18.85. There was correlation between nursing student satisfaction from preceptor and age, living place, academic semester, apprenticeship / internship duration, and apprenticeship / internship location (P<0.05). Conclusion:The study underlines that, the students had high satisfaction with supervision from preceptors. It seems that needs to more studies to evaluate effectiveness of this plan in nursing student"s competency improvement.

The impact of the preceptorship program on self-efficacy and learning outcomes in nursing students

“…The preceptorship program began in the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2012. [ 22 ] In addition, the program was previously used for nursing students in clinical practice teaching in some cities of Iran such as Khorasan Razavi in 2010[ 23 ] and Shahr-Kord in 2011. [ 24 ]…”

An introduction to the TPSN model: a comprehensive approach to reducing the theory-practice gap in nursing

“…Utilizing skilled and experienced clinical nurses under the supervision of clinical faculty members promotes student learning. In many studies, despite the usefulness of the Perspective program, many obstacles such as high workload, lack of educational competence of nurses, insufficient support from school administrators and care centers have been reported in the effectiveness of this program [ 47 , 48 ]. According to research evidence, the main weakness of this method is the unpreparedness of nurses to effectively perform their educational role for nursing students.…”

“…According to research evidence, the main weakness of this method is the unpreparedness of nurses to effectively perform their educational role for nursing students. On the other hand, the student’s learning needs are not in line with the work needs of the organization, and sufficient support and supervision is not applied by the organization and the faculty to educate students [ 22 , 48 , 49 ]. According to the TPSN model, before clinical nurses act as preceptor, they are empowered by the clinical faculty members together with postgraduate and doctoral nursing students and play their role under the direct supervision of clinical faculty members.…”