Abstract
The role of nurse preceptor is critical to the successful integration of nursing students into the profession. Collaborative, partnership-based learning between beginning and more experienced nurses is central to this role. This article describes a targeted course for registered nurses designed to increase their knowledge and skills for preceptoring and achieve attitudinal changes to enhance the student/RN learning relationship in the clinical workplace. The course development and participation experience is discussed in relation to action learning as a model for nurse professional development. Prospects for extended and more formalized application of action learning in nursing and nurse education are discussed.
MeSH terms
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Clinical Competence
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Cooperative Behavior
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Curriculum
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Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate* / organization & administration
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Education, Nursing, Continuing / organization & administration*
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Faculty, Nursing / organization & administration
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Hospitals, Private / organization & administration
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Humans
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Interinstitutional Relations
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Mentors / education*
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Mentors / psychology
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Models, Educational
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Models, Nursing
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New South Wales
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Nurse's Role
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / education*
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / organization & administration
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology
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Preceptorship / organization & administration*
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Problem-Based Learning / organization & administration
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Program Development
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Program Evaluation
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Schools, Nursing / organization & administration