Attributes of Iranian new nurse preceptors: A phenomenological study
Preceptors should possess attributes which help them in successfully performing the demanding and challenging role in the preceptorship. This research utilises a qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological approach to explore the attributes of new nurse preceptors. Six preceptors of a teaching hospital in Northwest of Iran who were selected by means of purposive sampling. Data were collected during eight months from July 2014 to March 2015 through in-depth semi-structured personal interviews. Interviews were recorded and transcribed and then were analyzed with the interpretive approach using the Diekelmann's seven-stage method in the MAXQDA10 software environment.
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - Category: Nursing Authors: Leili Borimnejad, Sousan Valizadeh, Azad Rahmani, Bill Whitehead, Shahla Shahbazi Tags: Clinical education Source Type: research
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