Perspective Regarding Effectiveness of Clinical Preceptorship Approach among Novice Nurse

Perspective Regarding Effectiveness of Clinical Preceptorship

Authors

  • Rashid Hussain Department of Nursing, Sarhad Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Sardar Ali Institute of Nursing Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Akhtar Hussain College of Nursing, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Ihsan Ullah Department of Nursing, Mehboob Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Hussain Ahmed Qatar Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Ejaz Hassan Khan Department of Administration, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Amir Sultan Tasleem College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Swat, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v4i06.830

Keywords:

Effectiveness, Clinical Preceptorship, Novice Nurses, Impact, Clinical Practice

Abstract

Preceptorship is a short-term relationship between a new inducted (preceptee) employee and an experienced person (preceptor), who provides preceptor support, encourage the novice’s in their learning, gave timely feedback on their learning skills, helping the new inducted trainees to go forward and work independently. Objective: To identify the perspective regarding clinical preceptorship. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A total of 165 novice nurses were included in the study. Data were collected from novice nurses working in Rehman Medical Institute (RMI), Northwest General Hospital (NWGH), Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), and Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) Peshawar. Consecutive sampling method was used to assess the study population. Questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Written consent was taken from the participants before collecting the data. Results: Majority (57%) of the novice nurses reported that preceptorship program for the novice nurses is very effective, 35% participants reported that preceptorship program is moderate effective while only 7.3% participants reported that preceptorship program is not effective. The approach of Preceptorship program in private sector hospital was good as compared to government sector. Conclusions: Preceptorship program helps in the transition phase of a novice nurse to a qualified experience nurse. Preceptorship program also improve the novice nurse’s knowledge, skills, communication, behave and wiliness to work.

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DOI: 10.54393/pjhs.v4i06.830
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Hussain, R. ., Ali, S. ., Hussain, A. ., Ullah, I. ., Ahmed, H. ., Khan, E. H. ., & Sultan, A. (2023). Perspective Regarding Effectiveness of Clinical Preceptorship Approach among Novice Nurse: Perspective Regarding Effectiveness of Clinical Preceptorship. Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences, 4(06), 97–103. https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v4i06.830

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