The Purpose of this study was to identify clinical nurses´ view on preceptorship and develop of preceptor program for nursing students and newly hired nurses. The subjects of this study were 183 nurses who have worked in 5 general hospitals located in Daegu Data were collected from October 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001 and were analyzed by descriptive statistics with SPSS/WIN.
The research instrument have 51 questionnaires, which were developed by researchers on following areas socio-demographic characteristics, preceptor´s qualities and competencies, rewarding preceptors, learning content.
The results of tins study were summarized as follows
1. The highest level of self-assessment as preceptor was "1 value learning(4.52)", and the lowest level of self-assessment as preceptor was "1 am consistent in my words, actions and feeling(3.75)".
2. The best education level as preceptor was "baccalaureate (49.7%)" and the most appropriate nursing career as preceptor was "above 4years (51.9%)".
3. The highest level of preceptor´s learning method was "I learn by doing(4.49)", and the lowest level was "I learn by hearing(3.61)" and "My apprentice learns by reading(3.61)"
4. What the most Important learning content to teach preceptee was "Clearly organized around the exploration of problems(4.46)", and the least important learning content was "I ask questions to help the apprentice reflect on similarities and differences between patient situations, symptoms and responses(3.86)".
5. Professional and educational rewards, especially "attending special education(4.34)", "make handle of duty schedule for teaching(4.25)", "involving relative research and program(4.15)", were better than economical rewards for preceptor.
6. The most importances of preceptor´s quality were "educational consideration(4.70)", "truth(4.70)", "expert nursing performance(4.69)", "leadership(4.59)", "professionalism(4.57)"
7 In preceptor program, the most importances of teaching content for preceptor were "methods of problem solving(4.82)", "interpersonal and communication skill(4.58)", "role and responsibility as teacher(4.46)"
Through the results of this study, It seems that the content of effective preceptor program, the principle of adult learning, scientific problem solving, communication, feedback, and direct teaching experience affect the individual nursing performance of the preceptor. Also, this study recommended a systematic reward system for the preceptors to increase the motivation to teach preceptee is needed.
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