Nursing Clinical Preceptorship: Knowledge and Attitude of Nurse Educators Working in Teaching Institutes in India

Abstract

Background: Nursing is a field of clinical expertise, which deals with caring for the patients with illness and
providing them a quality nursing care. To provide a good quality Nursing care, it is very important that the
Nurses should be properly trained and expert in providing care. A clinical educator plays a very important in
training and updating nurses with the updated and current trends in Healthcare sector. Clinical preceptorship
is one of the best methods used to train the nurses in Clinical setting. Clinical preceptorship is a method of
teaching and guiding students by a knowledgeable nurse in medical area to train them in clinical Skills and
techniques.
Clinical preceptorship is a concept which is mostly used in western countries. In India clinical preceptorship
is not practiced.
Since it is a new concept in India scenario, this study evaluated the knowledge and attitude of Nurse
Educators towards clinical preceptorship.
Methods: The study was conducted amongst Nursing Educators through online survey method.
Results: More than 50 % of the Nursing professors does not have any knowledge about Nursing preceptorship.
Out the educators having knowledge about Clinical preceptorship maximum had a positive attitude towards
it.
Conclusion: The Nursing Educators in India are very much favourable with the concept of Clinical
preceptorship, whilst there is knowledge gap present.