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The Meaning Of Being A Primary Nurse Preceptor For Newly Graduated Nurses, Jennifer Richards

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Preceptorship is a vital component of the transition experience of newly graduated nurses into clinical practice. Preceptors teach, supervise, and evaluate newly graduated nurses, and also help them socialize into their roles as registered nurses. In the presence of an ever-growing nursing shortage and evidence that many new nurses are leaving their first positions, it is of paramount importance that we make every attempt to ease the transition of newly graduated nurses into clinical practice. Additionally important is the need to understand the experience of all involved in the process.

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Facilitators Of Mentoring Among Nurse Educators, Bridget Roberts, Foley Brenda, Kathleen Halcomb, Connie Hubbard

Bridget R. Roberts

National League for Nursing (2006) identifies mentoring as a primary strategy for promoting faculty development throughout the careers of nursing educators. Mentoring has been defined as “a process of an integrated approach to advising, coaching, and nurturing, focused on creating a viable relationship to enhance individual career/personal/professional growth and development.” (Adams, 1998, as cited in Young & Wright, 2001, p. 203). The NLN (2006) also promotes mentoring for nurse educators to address the nursing shortage. Currently, a nurse educator shortage affects 71.3% of nursing schools (AACN, 2007). In order to maintain adequate numbers of nurse educators to accommodate the increase …