Should We Be Trained to Train? Nursing Students’ and Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception on Good Lecturers and Good Clinical Preceptors

José Manuel Martínez-Linares, Celia Parra-Sáez, Carlos Tello-Liébana and Olga María López-Entrambasaguas
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José Manuel Martínez-Linares: Department of Nursing, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Celia Parra-Sáez: Servicio Andaluz de Salud, 23007 Jaén, Spain
Carlos Tello-Liébana: Servicio Andaluz de Salud, 23007 Jaén, Spain
Olga María López-Entrambasaguas: Department of Nursing, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-10

Abstract: Background : The reform of the Spanish higher education studies from the Bologna Declaration did not entail the necessary changes in the teaching methodologies used. The clinical preceptor emerged as the main guiding professional in the practical training of nursing students. The aim of this qualitative study was to understand fourth-year nursing students’ and newly qualified nurses’ (NQNs) perception on their lecturers’ and clinical preceptors’ effectiveness. Methods : Exploratory, descriptive qualitative study was carried out at a Spanish University. By convenience sampling and according to defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, twelve newly qualified nurses and twelve fourth-year students of the Degree in Nursing were included in order to contrast the results. A thematic analysis of data was carried out, to later be coded by two researchers. Results : Two main themes were identified: the good lecturer and the good clinical preceptor, with several subthemes in each. These included the characteristics that both should have, both in teaching, nursing and interpersonal-relation skills. Conclusions : The need of preceptorship training programs has been highlighted in our context. Educators all over the world should be properly qualified in order to train and educate competent nurses for the future.

Keywords: educational nursing research; nursing students; preceptorship; nursing faculty practice; evaluation studies; qualitative research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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