We don ’t miter the sheets on the bed: Understanding the preceptor role in the enculturation of nursing students

Preceptors play key roles in nursing students' socialization or formation, and transition from academia to practice. Students still struggle with this transition. Viewing student socialization to nursing as enculturation has provided valuable insights into faculty perceptions of this process. This focused ethnography explored preceptors' perceptions about nursing's culture and their role in bringing students into that culture. Data included semi-structured interviews with preceptor participants from three hospitals in two cities in a single Midwestern state.
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Clinical education Source Type: research